The relationship between prescription rates of oral corticosteroids for respiratory diseases and deprivation in England
This study carried out a multivariable regression analysis of publicly available data and found that deprivation is associated with a statistically significant increase in the proportion of patients receiving an OCS prescription for asthma or COPD at a GP practice level (p < 0.001). The model estimated that the proportion of prescriptions is 1.88% (95% CI 1.83% to 1.92%) and 2.84% (95% CI 2.70% to 2.98%) for the least deprived GP practice and the most deprived GP practice, respectively. This study lays the groundwork for future research using individual patient level data to consider the impact of variation in OCS prescribing rates.PMID:38664469 | DOI:10.1038/s41533-024-00362-1
Source: Respiratory Care - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Erin Barker Jessica Pocock Joe Moss Nick Hex Jordan Rankin Richard Hudson Source Type: research
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