title: [A descriptive study of long-term medication authorized in the health district of Llefiá (Badalona)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analysis of authorised long-term medication and assessment of the quality of prescription.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive, crossover study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Of a total of 4,667 authorised medication cards (AMC), 400 were selected by systematic random sampling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Variables considered: age, gender, Social Security regime, pharmaceutical speciality, composition, presentation, method of administration, dosage, authorisation time, group/subgroup of anatomical therapeutic classification (ATC) and HPV.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average age: 61; 64.8% were women and 35.2% men; 67.25% were pensioners. 447 pharmaceutical compounds and 304 different active principals (most prescribed drugs: paracetamol, hydrochlorothiazide, nitroglycerine, acetylsalicylic acid and salbutamol); presentation: tablets and capsules; main way of administration: oral. Average dosage: 1.63 (11.29% not figuring). Average authorisation time: 11.6 months; average medicines per AMC: 3.03. Distribution by ATC: cardiovascular (30.8%); CNS (20.76%); digestive and metabolic (15.57%); respiratory (10.6%). 83.8% of prescriptions had HPV. 84.35% were single drugs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mean profile of the patient with an AMC corresponds to a woman, aged 61 and a pensioner, with 3 medicines authorised for a year, one an analgesic (paracetamol), another an antihypertensive (diuretic) and a third more variable. They are mainly taken orally and once or twice a day. The majority are special compounds with HPV.
authors.affiliation: ABS Llefiá (Badalona), Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Barcelona.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díaz Barroso
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Albaladejo Blanco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Girona Amores
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ancochea Serraïma
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borrego Crespo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011897:Random Allocation; D012179:Retirement; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Estudio descriptivo de la medicación crónica autorizada en el ABS de Llefiá (Badalona).