Drug prescription patterns and their association with mortality and hospitalization duration in COVID-19 patients: insights from big data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Different medication prescription patterns have been associated with varying course of disease and outcomes in COVID-19. Health claims data is a rich source of information on disease treatment and outcomes. We aimed to investigate drug prescription patterns and their association with mortality and hospitalization via insurance data for a relatively long period of the pandemic in Iran.

Methods

We retrieved hospitalized patients' data from Iran Health Insurance Organization (IHIO) spanning 26 months (2020-2022) nationwide. Included were patients with ICD-10 codes U07.1/U07.2 for confirmed/suspected COVID-19. A case was defined as a single hospitalization event for an individual patient. Multiple hospitalizations of a patient within a 30-day interval were aggregated

SUBMITTER: Mehrizi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10758044 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature