INEQUALITIES IN POLYPHARMACY IN ADULTS AGED 65+ IN ENGLAND
Anum Iqbal, Barbara Hanratty, Fiona Matthews, David Sinclair, Connor Richardson, Adam Todd · 2023
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Anum Iqbal and co-authors study inequality in the use of many medicines among older adults in England in a 2023 paper. Taking five or more medicines at once, called polypharmacy, can harm quality of life. Knowing how social factors shape that use can help doctors target reviews and safer prescribing.
They used data from a long running study of aging and thinking, for adults aged 65 and older. Schooling years stood in for social and economic status. In the newer cohort, people with fewer schooling years had higher odds of taking many medicines than those with a middle level of schooling. The older cohort showed no such gap. The authors read this as a sign of growing inequality in health care.
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| CREATOR | Anum Iqbal, Barbara Hanratty, Fiona Matthews, David Sinclair, Connor Richardson, Adam Todd |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |