The relationship between prescription rates of oral corticosteroids for respiratory diseases and deprivation in England

Autor: Erin Barker, Jessica Pocock, Joe Moss, Nick Hex, Jordan Rankin, Richard Hudson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Vol 34, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2055-1010
DOI: 10.1038/s41533-024-00362-1
Popis: Abstract Respiratory diseases, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are common in England with the worst respiratory outcomes observed in the most deprived areas. There is limited published research to establish whether the rate of oral corticosteroid (OCS) prescribing for asthma and COPD is linked to levels of deprivation. This study carried out a multivariable regression analysis of publicly available data and found that deprivation is associated with a statistically significant increase in the proportion of patients receiving an OCS prescription for asthma or COPD at a GP practice level (p
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