Moxey Elizabeth D, O'Connor John P, Novielli Karen D, Teutsch Steven, Nash David B
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1015 Chestnut Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5099, USA.
Health Care Financ Rev. 2003 Summer;24(4):127-41.
In the current policy debate, pharmaceutical use in the elderly has been characterized largely by its economic impact, with little discussion of what drugs the elderly are taking. Based on data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), this study defines subgroups of the community-dwelling elderly using health and functional status, and provides a comprehensive description of the composition of prescription drug use in this population. Drugs are classified into 16 primary therapeutic classes, with further breakdown into secondary classes and characterization by chronic versus acute use. Utilization is reported by age and health status categories.
在当前的政策辩论中,老年人用药情况主要是从其经济影响的角度来描述的,而对于老年人正在服用哪些药物却鲜有讨论。基于“医疗保险当前受益人调查”(MCBS)的数据,本研究根据健康和功能状况对居家老年人亚组进行了定义,并全面描述了该人群中处方药使用的构成情况。药物被分为16个主要治疗类别,进一步细分为次要类别,并按慢性用药与急性用药进行特征描述。按年龄和健康状况类别报告了药物使用情况。