Long term trends in oral antidiabetic drug use among children and adolescents in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of the study was to document long term trends in oral antidiabetic drug (OAD) use among children and adolescents in the Netherlands.

Methods

A population-based cohort study was conducted using the Dutch PHARMO Database Network. All patients younger than 20 years old with at least one OAD dispensing were identified. Age-adjusted and age-specific incidence (1999-2011) and prevalence (1998-2011) rates of OAD use were calculated. Trends over time were assessed using joinpoint regression software. A subset of PHARMO Database Network (including community pharmacy dispensing records linked to general practitioner data (OPD-GP database)) was used to assess indications for OADs.

Results

In 2011, the overall age-adjusted incidence and prevalence rates of OAD use wer

SUBMITTER: Fazeli Farsani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4541977 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature