Disparities in Oral Nutritional Supplement Usage and Dispensing Patterns across Primary Care in Ireland: ONSPres Project

Autor: Aisling A. Geraghty, Laura McBean, Sarah Browne, Patricia Dominguez Castro, Ciara M. E. Reynolds, David Hanlon, Gerard Bury, Margaret O’Neill, Sarah Clarke, Barbara Clyne, Karen Finnigan, Laura McCullagh, Sharon Kennelly, Clare A. Corish
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nutrients
Nutrients; Volume 14; Issue 2; Pages: 338
Nutrients, Vol 14, Iss 338, p 338 (2022)
ISSN: 2072-6643
Popis: When treating malnutrition, oral nutritional supplements (ONSs) are advised when optimising the diet is insufficient; however, ONS usage and user characteristics have not been previously analysed. A retrospective secondary analysis was performed on dispensed pharmacy claim data for 14,282 anonymised adult patients in primary care in Ireland in 2018. Patient sex, age, residential status, ONS volume (units) and ONS cost (EUR) were analysed. The categories of ‘Moderate’ (
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