Inequality in Prescribing Anti-dementia Medications in Iran: Evidence From Social Security Insurance Claim Data

• Main Authors: Farshad Sharifi (Author), Alireza Khajavi (Author), Mehdi Varmaghani (Author), Parinaz Mehdipour (Author), Elham Heidari (Author), Hossein Fakhrzadeh (Author), Farshad Farzadfar (Author), Kamyar Khoshnevisan (Author), Bagher Larijani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The prescribed doses of medications used for chronic diseases can be a good index for assessing inequality in healthcare services employment in communities. This study aimed to evaluate inequality in the prescribed dose of anti-dementia medications from 2012 to 2015 in the claim data, in...