Pharmacoepidemiological data from drug dispensing charities as a measure of health patterns in a population not assisted by the Italian National Health Service

• Main Authors: Silvia Bini (Author), Cesare Cerri (Author), Antonello E. Rigamonti (Author), Pietro A. Bertazzi (Author), Gianfrancesco Fiorini (Author), Silvano G. Cella (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We analysed drug dispensation by charitable organisations in a year time. Drugs were grouped according to the Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical classification and the amount dispensed was calculated with the system of the Daily Defined Dose (DDD) and expressed as DDD/1000 subjects/day. A number of 87,55...