[Prescription habits in a primary health care district: approach to an indication-prescription study].
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the profile of medical prescription and prescription habits in the most common illnesses in a Primary Health Care district.


METHODS
Descriptive crossover study.


METHODS
Algeciras-La Línea (Cádiz) Primary Care district.


RESULTS
A randomised sample of clinical histories stratified by months was selected. This included 338 Paediatrics cases (< 8 years old) and 665 general medical cases (> 8). The therapeutic groups most commonly prescribed for the children were R (45.7%) and J (27.1%) The therapeutic groups most used among the > 8 group were C (17.9%), R (14.8%), N (14.7%) and A (14.3%). Hypertension was the most common chronic pathology in this group (8.9%), treated most often by ACEIs (44.9%).


CONCLUSIONS
1) In our ambit, the most widespread pathology signified the greatest consumption of therapeutic groups. 2) The indication-prescription analysis detected prescription habits that need to be watched: the use of antibiotics and expectorants/mucolytics in ARI and the use of fixed-dose combinations which are hard to justify. Prescription habits in Hypertension treatment and Hyperlipidaemia also merit a consensus analysis.
Martelo Baro
M A
MA
Departamento de Neurociencias, Universidad de Cádiz.
Moreno Brea
M R
MR
Ignacio García
J M
JM
Lorenzo
J R
JR
Gil
M
M
Galiana Martínez
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
Hábitos de prescripción en un distrito de atención primaria de salud. Aproximación a un estudio de indicación-prescripción.