Tamblyn R M, Laprise R, Schnarch B, Monette J, McLeod P J
Département d'Epidémiologie et de biostatistiques, Université McGill, à Montréal.
Sante Ment Que. 1997 Spring;22(1):239-62.
In industrialized countries, gender differences observed in health condition and the use of medical services appear insufficient to explain a greater consumption of psychotropic drugs in women than men. The authors have tested the hypothesis that physician prescribing patterns largely explains this observation. They demonstrate, using data from the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec for people aged 65 and over, that physicians' sociodemographic and practice characteristics are significantly associated with the percentage of men and women who receive a psychotropic drug prescription in their practice.
在工业化国家，健康状况和医疗服务使用方面观察到的性别差异，似乎不足以解释女性比男性更多地使用精神药物这一现象。作者检验了一种假设，即医生的开药模式在很大程度上解释了这一观察结果。他们利用魁北克医疗保险局提供的65岁及以上人群的数据表明，医生的社会人口统计学特征和执业特点，与在其执业过程中接受精神药物处方的男性和女性的比例显著相关。
