Treatment patterns of antihypertensive fixed-dose combinations according to age and number of agents prescribed: Retrospective analysis using a Japanese claims database.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To determine the real-world use of fixed-dose combinations (FDC) of antihypertensive agents using data collected from a nationwide medical database of acute hospitals in Japan.

Methods

We carried out a retrospective analysis of data from the Medical Data Vision database for patients with hypertension who received an antihypertensive drug prescription between April 2014 and March 2015. The prescription rate of antihypertensive FDC were assessed by class, age and according to combinations.

Results

In total, data from 59 867 patients aged 70.0 ± 11.9 years (mean ± SD) were analyzed. Patients were prescribed 1.9 ± 1.0 oral antihypertensive agents (mean ± SD). Overall, 58.6% of patients were prescribed two or more antihypertensive agents, and the most frequently prescr

SUBMITTER: Ishida T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6900198 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature