The impact of obesity on drug prescribing in primary care

Healthcare costs attributable to obesity have previously involved estimations based on costs of diseases commonly considered as having obesity as an underlying factor. To quantify the impact of obesity on total primary care drug prescribing. Review of computer generated and handwritten prescriptions...

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Published in:British journal of general practice 2005-10, Vol.55 (519), p.743-749
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data
Family Practice - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity - complications
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Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data
United Kingdom
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Summary:Healthcare costs attributable to obesity have previously involved estimations based on costs of diseases commonly considered as having obesity as an underlying factor. To quantify the impact of obesity on total primary care drug prescribing. Review of computer generated and handwritten prescriptions to determine total prescribing volume for all drug classes. Twenty-three general practice surgeries in the UK. Stratified random selection of 1150 patients who were obese (body mass index [BMI]>30 kg/m(2)) and 1150 age and sex-matched controls of normal weight (BMI 18.5-
ISSN:0960-1643