Patterns of respiratory drug use in the Lombardy region of Italy, 1995–1997

Abstract

The definition of specific drug use patterns by individual can provide prevalence measures that are broad proxies for varying categories of respiratory disease. However, a very high proportion of people who receive respiratory drugs do so for one-off or very infrequent episodes of illness. Analysis of the infrequent and more regular users of respiratory drugs may be useful for comparative research.

Socio-demographic differences in adherence to evidence-based drug therapy after hospital discharge from acute myocardial infarction: a population-based cohort study in Rome, Italy

“…However, an Italian study of drug coverage in the registry concluded that the data was considered representative and sufficiently complete for large patient populations. 36 The absence of an effect of the SEP on adherence to drug therapy, observed in the present study, supports this assumption. A critical issue in drug adherence studies is the choice of the drug consumption measure.…”

“…This practice is more common among patients of the higher socio‐economic classes. However, an Italian study of drug coverage in the registry concluded that the data was considered representative and sufficiently complete for large patient populations 36 . The absence of an effect of the SEP on adherence to drug therapy, observed in the present study, supports this assumption.…”