{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["87(7)"],"submitter":["Pottegard A"],"pubmed_abstract":["We describe the distribution of prescriber types responsible for issuing prescriptions in Denmark. Using a 20% random sample of all Danes alive during 2000-2018 (n = 1 515 025) and all their prescriptions filled at community pharmacies (n = 182 143 707), we found that general practitioners issued 88% of all prescriptions, followed by hospital physicians (7.4%) and private practicing specialists (4.2%). These values were stable over the study period. With increasing patient age, general practitioners were responsible for a larger proportion of prescriptions (e.g. 68% for patients aged 0-17 y and 89% for patients ≥51 y). General practitioners were responsible for 84% of all treatment initiation (first prescription) and 90% of all maintenance treatment. Corresponding values for hospital physicians were 9.5 and 6.3%, and for private practicing specialists 5.3 and 3.6%. In conclusion, general practitioners are responsible for the vast majority of prescribing in Denmark, including both treatment initiation and continuation, in particular among the elderly."],"journal":["British journal of clinical pharmacology"],"pagination":["2982-2987"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8359239"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Who prescribes drugs to patients: A Danish register-based study."],"pmcid":["PMC8359239"],"pubmed_authors":["Christensen B","Hallas J","Olesen M","Pottegard A","Rasmussen L","Christensen MB"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Who prescribes drugs to patients: A Danish register-based study.","description":"We describe the distribution of prescriber types responsible for issuing prescriptions in Denmark. Using a 20% random sample of all Danes alive during 2000-2018 (n = 1 515 025) and all their prescriptions filled at community pharmacies (n = 182 143 707), we found that general practitioners issued 88% of all prescriptions, followed by hospital physicians (7.4%) and private practicing specialists (4.2%). These values were stable over the study period. With increasing patient age, general practitioners were responsible for a larger proportion of prescriptions (e.g. 68% for patients aged 0-17 y and 89% for patients ≥51 y). General practitioners were responsible for 84% of all treatment initiation (first prescription) and 90% of all maintenance treatment. Corresponding values for hospital physicians were 9.5 and 6.3%, and for private practicing specialists 5.3 and 3.6%. In conclusion, general practitioners are responsible for the vast majority of prescribing in Denmark, including both treatment initiation and continuation, in particular among the elderly.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jul","modification":"2024-11-12T04:34:33.396Z","creation":"2022-02-11T15:51:00.58Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8359239","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33496033"],"doi":["10.1111/bcp.14691"]}}