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Patients' and physicians' characteristics associated with the purchase of benzodiazepines by older primary care patients in Israel.
- Source :
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Administration and policy in mental health [Adm Policy Ment Health] 2013 Mar; Vol. 40 (2), pp. 117-23. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- This study evaluated patients' and physicians' characteristics associated with the purchase of benzodiazepines by older primary care patients in Israel. The analytic sample consists of those 6,421 patients age 65 and older. We used multi-level analysis with whether or not benzodiazepines were purchased at least once between June 2005 and 2007 as an outcome. We also evaluated patients' and physicians' characteristics associated with the purchase of benzodiazepines for 6 months or longer. Almost half the sample (41.5%) purchased benzodiazepines at least once during the study period and more than half (54.5%) of those purchasing benzodiazepines had a continued purchase for 6 months or longer. Physicians' characteristics explained only a small portion of the variance associated with purchasing, whereas patients' demographic and clinical characteristics were associated with purchasing. Any intervention to improve the use of benzodiazepines should be directed at both patients and physicians.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anxiety Disorders epidemiology
Female
Humans
Israel epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Mood Disorders epidemiology
Multilevel Analysis
Retrospective Studies
Sex Distribution
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders epidemiology
Anxiety Disorders drug therapy
Benzodiazepines therapeutic use
Mood Disorders drug therapy
Practice Patterns, Physicians' statistics & numerical data
Primary Health Care methods
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders drug therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-3289
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Administration and policy in mental health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22015399
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-011-0381-9