Trends in Prescription Drug Use Among Adults in the United States From 1999-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It is important to document patterns of prescription drug use to inform both clinical practice and research.

Objective

To evaluate trends in prescription drug use among adults living in the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

Temporal trends in prescription drug use were evaluated using nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Participants included 37,959 noninstitutionalized US adults, aged 20 years and older. Seven NHANES cycles were included (1999-2000 to 2011-2012), and the sample size per cycle ranged from 4861 to 6212.

Exposures

Calendar year, as represented by continuous NHANES cycle.

Main outcomes and measures

Within each NHANES cycle, use of prescription drugs in t

SUBMITTER: Kantor ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4752169 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature