美国处方药使用的生命周期模式
1Department of Sociology and Criminology, and Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Demography
|September 20, 2023
概括
美国人可以期待几十年来服用处方药,女性将近一半的生命生活在药物上. 这一趋势凸显了人们在整个生命周期中越来越依赖处方药的趋势.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 美国处方药的使用量处于历史最高水平,由医疗化,行业影响,人口老龄化和慢性疾病等因素推动.
- 现有的研究缺乏对个人在处方药上花费的年数的估计.
- 了解长期处方药使用模式对于公共卫生规划和资源分配至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 提供美国处方药使用模式的首次终身估计.
- 分析终身处方药使用时间的趋势.
- 通过性别,种族和种族来研究处方药使用的差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了1996-2019年医疗支出小组调查 (MEPS) 的数据.
- 来自人类死亡数据库和国家卫生统计中心 (NCHS) 的综合死亡数据.
- 根据预期寿命和药物使用数据计算出从出生开始使用处方药的预期年数.
主要成果:
- 预计2019年的新生儿将花费大约47.5年 (女性) 和36.8年 (男性) 的时间在处方药上.
- 观察到,个人服用多种 (≥5) 处方药的年数显著增加.
- 在使用特定类药物 (包括他类药物,抗高血压药物和抗抑郁药物) 的年数上升.
- 在处方药使用时间方面发现了种族和种族差异,非西班牙裔白人使用最多,西班牙裔人使用最少.
结论:
- 美国人越来越多地在长时间内使用处方药.
- 这些发现强调了处方药在当代美国医疗保健中的普遍作用.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索长期使用处方药对健康结果和医疗保健成本的影响.
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