Appropriateness of prescribing for childhood eczema: evidence from a community-based study
Appropriateness of prescribing for childhood eczema: evidence from a community-based study
Data on dispensed prescriptions of topical corticosteroids and emollients were analysed in a population of 25 484 children aged ? 6 years in Tayside, Scotland. Over a 17-month period, 5818 (22.8%) children were prescribed a topical corticosteroid; half of this group, (2946; 50.6%) were not prescribed any emollient. In the group of children prescribed topical corticosteroids, 3505/5818 (60.2%) received combined preparations of topical corticosteroids with antimicrobials over this time period, and potent or very potent preparations were prescribed for 923/5818 (15.9%)
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Santer, M.
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Lewis-Jones, S.
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Fahey, T.
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September 2006
Santer, M.
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Lewis-Jones, S.
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Fahey, T.
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Santer, M., Lewis-Jones, S. and Fahey, T.
(2006)
Appropriateness of prescribing for childhood eczema: evidence from a community-based study.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 31 (5), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02210.x).
Abstract
Data on dispensed prescriptions of topical corticosteroids and emollients were analysed in a population of 25 484 children aged ? 6 years in Tayside, Scotland. Over a 17-month period, 5818 (22.8%) children were prescribed a topical corticosteroid; half of this group, (2946; 50.6%) were not prescribed any emollient. In the group of children prescribed topical corticosteroids, 3505/5818 (60.2%) received combined preparations of topical corticosteroids with antimicrobials over this time period, and potent or very potent preparations were prescribed for 923/5818 (15.9%)
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Published date: September 2006
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