Proton pump inhibitor utilisation and potentially inappropriate prescribing analysis: insights from a single-centred retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to characterise the prescribing patterns and evaluate the appropriateness of the prescribed proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in adult patients via a review of electronic medical records in a single-centred hospital.

Design

All patients admitted to the outpatient department of Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018 were evaluated. Individuals aged 18 years or above and with at least one dispensing for PPIs were identified as PPI users. New PPI users were defined as a subject who did not receive any dispensing for PPIs in the year prior to the index date. Baseline characteristics of PPI users and their therapies were described by treatment indication, economic indicators and co-prescription, overall an

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7692833 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature