Rural tranquillity?: Urban-rural differences in tranquilliser prescribing

Psychotropic drug use in Italy: national trends and regional differences

“…The effect of the level of health service provision on psychotropic drug use also requires comment. No relationship was found between prescribing and the doctor/population ratio, thus providing some support for the findings of King et al (1982), Fleming & Cross (1984) and Gabe & Williams (1986a). There was, however, a strong and positive relationship between drug use and the non-drug health spending -that is, the per capita spending on all National Health Services except drugs in the region.…”

Psychotropic drug use in Italy: national trends and regional differences

“…The effect of the level of health service provision on psychotropic drug use also requires comment. No relationship was found between prescribing and the doctor/population ratio, thus providing some support for the findings of King et al (1982), Fleming & Cross (1984) and Gabe & Williams (1986a). There was, however, a strong and positive relationship between drug use and the non-drug health spending -that is, the per capita spending on all National Health Services except drugs in the region.…”

Towards a sociology of tranquillizer prescribing

“…He found, first, that doctors with a working-class background were more likely to be favourably disposed to the use of tranquillizers, and secondly, that doctors practising in relative isolation were more likely to approve of the use of these drugs. The latter relationship is also supported by Gabe & Williams' (1986a) finding that in urban areas in Britain, single-handed general practitioners had the highest rates of tranquillizer prescribing.…”

Neighbourhood characteristics and use of benzodiazepines in The Netherlands

“…benzodiazepine utilization in the Swedish city of Helsingborg (close to Denmark) was at the average Danish level but the highest in Sweden (Balter et al, 1974). Other studies have shown that the use of benzodiazepines is more prevalent in urban areas than in rural areas (Gabe and Williams, 1986).…”

Psychotropic drug use in Italy: national trends and regional differences

“…The effect of the level of health service provision on psychotropic drug use also requires comment. No relationship was found between prescribing and the doctor/population ratio, thus providing some support for the findings of King et al (1982), Fleming & Cross (1984) and Gabe & Williams (1986a). There was, however, a strong and positive relationship between drug use and the non-drug health spending -that is, the per capita spending on all National Health Services except drugs in the region.…”

Towards a sociology of tranquillizer prescribing

“…He found, first, that doctors with a working-class background were more likely to be favourably disposed to the use of tranquillizers, and secondly, that doctors practising in relative isolation were more likely to approve of the use of these drugs. The latter relationship is also supported by Gabe & Williams' (1986a) finding that in urban areas in Britain, single-handed general practitioners had the highest rates of tranquillizer prescribing.…”

Neighbourhood characteristics and use of benzodiazepines in The Netherlands

“…benzodiazepine utilization in the Swedish city of Helsingborg (close to Denmark) was at the average Danish level but the highest in Sweden (Balter et al, 1974). Other studies have shown that the use of benzodiazepines is more prevalent in urban areas than in rural areas (Gabe and Williams, 1986).…”

Psychotropic drug use in Italy: national trends and regional differences

“…The effect of the level of health service provision on psychotropic drug use also requires comment. No relationship was found between prescribing and the doctor/population ratio, thus providing some support for the findings of King et al (1982), Fleming & Cross (1984) and Gabe & Williams (1986a). There was, however, a strong and positive relationship between drug use and the non-drug health spending -that is, the per capita spending on all National Health Services except drugs in the region.…”

Towards a sociology of tranquillizer prescribing

“…He found, first, that doctors with a working-class background were more likely to be favourably disposed to the use of tranquillizers, and secondly, that doctors practising in relative isolation were more likely to approve of the use of these drugs. The latter relationship is also supported by Gabe & Williams' (1986a) finding that in urban areas in Britain, single-handed general practitioners had the highest rates of tranquillizer prescribing.…”

Neighbourhood characteristics and use of benzodiazepines in The Netherlands

“…benzodiazepine utilization in the Swedish city of Helsingborg (close to Denmark) was at the average Danish level but the highest in Sweden (Balter et al, 1974). Other studies have shown that the use of benzodiazepines is more prevalent in urban areas than in rural areas (Gabe and Williams, 1986).…”