%0 Journal Article
%T Inequalities in prescription of hydrochlorothiazide for diabetic hypertensive patients in Colombia
%A Pinilla
%A An¨¢lida
%A Cano
%A Nairo
%A Granados
%A Carlos
%A Paez-Canro
%A Carol
%A Eslava-Schmalbach
%A Javier
%J Revista de Salud P¨²blica
%D 2011
%I Universidad Nacional de Colombia
%R 10.1590/S0124-00642011000100003
%X objective evaluating differences in the suitable prescription of thiazides in hypertense patients, according to affiliation regime. materials and methods this was an analytical cross-sectional study. the database from a previous study was used regarding two groups of hypertense patients (subsidised regime and contributory regime) who had attended out-patient consultation between 01-09-2007 and 29-02-2008. ideal therapy was evaluated in both groups. univariate and multivariate analysis was carried out. results 136 patients (contributory: 41.9 %; subsidised: 58.1 %). subsidised regime patients were older (mean=68.8¡À10) than those from the contributory regime (mean=64.1¡À11.1) (t-test, p=0.0110). prescribing antihypertensive drugs was ideal in 49/136 of the patients (36.0 %). ideal prescription accounted for 24/79 (30 %) of the patients in the subsidised regime and 25/57 (43.8 %) in the contributory one (or=1.79; 95 % ci:0.88-3.64). older people (aged ¡Ư 65yo) were at risk of receiving a non-ideal prescription (or=2.12; 95 %ci:1.02-4.38) whilst this was not so in the subsidised regime (or=1.62; 95 % ci:0.78-3.35). conclusions ideal prescription of antihypertensive drugs was low in the population being studied. there were differences regarding age ideal prescription but not concerning affiliation regime. it is suggested that a longitudinal study be carried out in the future.
%K thiazide
%K health service
%K clinical protocol.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-00642011000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en