Prescription drug claims following a traumatic spinal cord injury for older adults: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Objectives

The objectives for this study were to examine the prevalence of polypharmacy for people with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) following injury and to determine risk factors.

Setting

Ontario, Canada METHODS: We used provincial-level administrative health services data of publicly funded healthcare encounters housed at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario. We examined prescription medications dispensed over a 1 year period post injury for persons 66+ years with an index traumatic SCI between 2004 and 2014. Polypharmacy was defined as being on 10 or more drug classes. Descriptive and analytical statistics were conducted. Relative risks and 95% confidence limits for factors related to polyph

SUBMITTER: Guilcher SJT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218396 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature