Half of UK patients with rheumatoid arthritis are prescribed oral glucocorticoid therapy in primary care: a retrospective drug utilisation study
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- 作者：Rachel J. Black ; Rebecca M. Joseph ; Benjamin Brown…
- 关键词：Glucocorticoids ; Rheumatoid arthritis ; Drug utilisation ; Primary care
- 刊名：Arthritis Research & Therapy
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：640 KB
- 刊物主题：Rheumatology; Orthopedics;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1478-6354
文摘
Background Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have shared care between rheumatologists and general practitioners (GPs). Rheumatologists guide immunosuppressive therapy, whilst GPs rely on analgesia and glucocorticoid (GC) therapy to manage active disease. The objective of this study was to describe patterns of GC prescribing for patients with RA in primary care and to determine the influence of patient characteristics and prescriber.