Seasonal Variation of Drug Prescription Rate for Overactive Bladder in Men Based on National Health Insurance Claims Data, 2012–2016
| Autor: | Jee Soo Ha, Jongcheol Ko, So Jeong Park, Hyun Kyu Ahn, Jong Won Kim, Jae Hwan Kim, Dongu Lee, Kang Su Cho |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Urology
030232 urology & nephrology Subgroup analysis lcsh:RC870-923 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Claims data medicine Health insurance Urinary bladder Overactive Clinical Investigation Medical prescription Letter to the Editor Cold weather 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Men Seasonality lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology medicine.disease Neurology Overactive bladder National health insurance Original Article Neurology (clinical) Seasons business Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Neurourology Journal International Neurourology Journal, Vol 24, Iss 3, Pp 278-285 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2093-6931 2093-4777 |
| Popis: | Purpose: Overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms might be affected by weather, but only a few clinical studies have investigated this issue. We investigated seasonal variations in OAB-drug prescription rate (DPR) in men using nationwide claims data in Korea.Methods: A total of 2,824,140 men aged over 18 years were included from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment service – National Patient Sample data between 2012 and 2016. Depending on the monthly average temperature, the seasons were divided into 3 groups, namely, hot (June, July, August, and September), intermediate (April, May, October, and November), and cold (January, February, March, and December) seasons. OAB-DPR was estimated using the claims data, and differences in its rate were examined among the 3 seasonal groups.Results: The overall OAB-DPR was 1.97% (55,574 of 2,824,140). The OAB-DPR were 0.38%, 0.63%, 0.92%, 1.74%, 4.18%, 7.55%, and 9.69% in the age groups of under 30, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and over 80 years, respectively; thus, the prescription rate increased with age (P |
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