Trends in Prescribing of Nicotine Replacement Therapy to Pregnant Women in Primary Care in England.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smoking during pregnancy remains common, and the English National Health Service (NHS) has recently been directed to prioritize providing cessation support for pregnant women. We investigated the impact on prescribing of stop smoking treatments to pregnant women of the 2013 transfer of public health budgets from the NHS to administrative authorities responsible for local social care and other nonhealth services (local authorities).

Methods

We used data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Hospital Episode Statistics to determine annual proportions (2005-2017) of women who smoked during pregnancy and who were prescribed, at least once before childbirth, (1) any NRT and (2) long- and short-acting NRT together (dual NRT). Segmented regression was used t

SUBMITTER: Szatkowski L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8372639 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature