Sketris I S, Kephart G C, Hicks V A, Hubbard E J, Brown M G, Chandler R F, MacLean D R
College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, and Clinical Consultant, Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ann Pharmacother. 1995 Jun;29(6):576-81. doi: 10.1177/106002809502900604.
To examine the prevalence of antilipemic drug use, demographic characteristics of patients using these drugs, and the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in the Nova Scotia population over 65 years of age.
Information was collected on the prescribing of antilipemic drugs using Nova Scotia Medical Services Insurance Pharmacare program data from October 1991 through March 1992. Pharmacare data were compared with prevalence data on increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations obtained from the Nova Scotia Heart Health Survey (NSHHS).
Pharmacare is a centrally administered drug insurance system maintained in computerized claims files since 1974. It provides prescription drugs to all residents of Nova Scotia who are at least 65 years old and who are insured under the provincial Medicare program.
In the 1991-1992 fiscal year, 47,000 men and 65,700 women were eligible for Pharmacare. The NSHHS was administered to a probability sample of 2,108 individuals, representative of the 1986 population aged 18-74 years.
Prescriptions for antilipemic agents.
The NSHHS data indicated that 3.7% of women and 2.3% of men at least 65 years old and 4.8% of women and 2.8% of men 65-74 years old received a prescription for antilipemic drugs.
研究新斯科舍省65岁以上人群中抗血脂药物的使用情况、使用这些药物的患者的人口统计学特征以及高胆固醇血症的患病率。
利用1991年10月至1992年3月新斯科舍省医疗服务保险药物护理计划的数据收集抗血脂药物的处方信息。将药物护理数据与从新斯科舍省心脏健康调查（NSHHS）获得的低密度脂蛋白（LDL）胆固醇浓度升高的患病率数据进行比较。
药物护理是一个自1974年起以计算机化理赔档案形式维持的中央管理的药物保险系统。它为所有年满65岁且参加省级医疗保险计划的新斯科舍省居民提供处方药。
在1991 - 1992财政年度，47000名男性和65700名女性符合药物护理资格。NSHHS对2108名个体的概率样本进行了调查，这些个体代表了1986年18 - 74岁的人群。
抗血脂药物的处方。
NSHHS数据表明，65岁及以上的女性中有3.7%、男性中有2.3%，65 - 74岁的女性中有4.8%、男性中有2.8%接受了抗血脂药物处方。
