Analysis of the Utilization and Per Capita Burden of Antihypertensive Drugs Based on the Characteristics of the University Teaching Staff
10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2015.26.09
- VernacularTitle:基于高校教职工特点的抗高血压药使用和人均负担分析
- Author:
Yuzhen DONG
;
Hui WANG
;
Xu GOU
;
Shiping FANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
University;
Teaching staff;
Antihypertensive drug;
Drug use;
Affordability
- From:
China Pharmacy
2015;(26):3631-3634,3635
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To understand the proportion of university faculty suffering from hypertension,and the regularity,ratio-nality and affordability of antihypertensive drugs under closed medical environment. METHODS:Empirical research and research methods were adopted to collect indicators during 2011-2014,such as average daily wage in Wuhan,the total number of staff in Wuhan University,the number of staff with hypertension,antihypertensive drugs amount/DDDs ranking ratio,affordability ratio,relative av-erage affordability, etc. The rationality and affordability of antihypertensive drug prices were evaluated. RESULTS:During 2011-2014,the prevalence rate of hypertension in the staff were about 23%,and the proportion increased year by year;the annual in-crease of antihypertensive drug amount was larger than that of the number of patients;the type of antihypertensive drugs with affordabil-ity ratio>1 in 4 years was ARB varieties,and affordability ratio of other drugs was less than 1. CONCLUSIONS:More than half of drugs is high in price,that result in heavy burden of patients receiving ARB;on the whole,antihypertensive drugs are affordable of the teaching staff of Wuhan University.
