Author(s): Sá-Sousa, A ; Amaral, R ; Almeida, R ; Freitas, A ; Almeida Fonseca, J
Date: 2021
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/34964
Origin: Saúde - CUF
Subject(s): Asma; Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica; Registos Electrónicos de Saúde; Análise Cluster; Padrões de Prática Médica; Infecções Respiratórias; Cluster Analysis; Asthma; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Respiratory Tract Infections; Electronic Health Records
We aimed to describe, for the first time, the prescribing patterns among patients on persistent respiratory treatment, from the Portuguese electronic prescription and dispensing database. This was a one-year retrospective population-based analysis of prescriptions (n = 39810) for medication for respiratory disease and exacerbations. Cluster analysis was applied based on medication and prescribers' specialty. Prescribing patterns were grouped and labelled as: possible medication for asthma and allergic rhinitis (General Practitioners-GPs and allergists to younger patients); COPD (GPs and pulmonologists to older patients); asthma or Asthma-COPD Overlap (GPs and pulmonologists); exacerbation, infection and relievers. This analysis was an important first step to understand the Portuguese reality on the treatment of respiratory diseases.
