Detailed Information

Cited 0 time in webofscience Cited 0 time in scopus
Metadata Downloads

우리나라 건강보험 청구자료를 이용한 알츠하이머성 치매 치료제의 사용현황 분석Study of the Drugs Prescribed on Alzheimer's Disease: from the Insurance Claims Data of Korea National Health Insurance Service

Authors
김정은이종혁정지훈강민구방준석
Issue Date
2014
Publisher
한국임상약학회
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; claims data; donepezil; galantamine; rivastigmine; memantine
Citation
한국임상약학회지, v.24, no.4, pp 255 - 264
Pages
10
Journal Title
한국임상약학회지
Volume
24
Number
4
Start Page
255
End Page
264
URI
https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/12871
ISSN
1226-6051
Abstract
Objective: The aims of this study are to investigate the total volume of prescribed medicines against Alzheimer’s disease(AD) and the trends of usage by analyzing the claims-data from the Korea National Health Insurance Service. Method: The demographic and claims-data were included the major AD treating medicines such as donepezil, galantamine,rivastigmine and memantine, and analyzed during the period of 2010~2012. The assessing criteria were gender,age, habitation, types of medical institution, code of ingredients, outcomes of treatment, volume and amount of claims,and the numbers of patients with dementias. After trimming the data, it were analyzed by the market size, demographictraits, characteristics of medical service, characteristics of each anti-AD medicine, etc. Results: Among the chosen4 medicines, donepezil had the top prescription volumes. Most prevalent prescribing preparations of donepezil wereconventional types. However, among the non-conventional types, oro-dispersible formulation is the fast increasing onein both volume and growth rate. This specialized preparations to improve both toleration and adherence, tend to beingprescribed generally at the tertiary medical institutions. While the younger patients with mild-to-moderate AD mostlytreated by expensive medicines in resident at the tertiary hospitals, the rest older patients with severe AD have beentreated non-expensive one at long-term care facilities. Conclusion: AD is a chronic illness therefore, long-term use oftherapeutic medications are highly important. If an anti-AD treatment was applied steadily in the earlier stages, it wouldbe achieved not only improving the quality of life of patient but also reducing the expenses in the medical and nursingcares. As the socioeconomical impacts of AD is expanding, healthcare professionals need to aware the importance ofpharmacotherapy and to improve sociopolitical fundamentals.
Files in This Item
There are no files associated with this item.
Appears in
Collections
College of Medicine > College of Medicine > 1. Journal Articles

qrcode

Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Related Researcher

Researcher Jeong, Ji Hoon photo

Jeong, Ji Hoon
의과대학 (의학부(기초))
Read more

Altmetrics

Total Views & Downloads

BROWSE