Socio-economic inequalities in the use of drugs for the treatment of chronic diseases in Italy

• Main Authors: A. Di Filippo (Author), S. Perna (Author), A. Pierantozzi (Author), F. Milozzi (Author), F. Fortinguerra (Author), N. Caranci (Author), L. Moro (Author), N. Agabiti (Author), V. Belleudi (Author), G. Cesaroni (Author), A. Nardi (Author), T. Spadea (Author), R. Gnavi (Author), F. Trotta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Since the use of medicines is strongly correlated to population health needs, higher drug consumption is expected in socio-economical deprived areas. However, no systematic study investigated the relationship between medications use in the treatment of chronic diseases and the so...