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Duplicative prescriptions in Japan: social network analysis using claim databases

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25670315
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Hygiene and public health
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

TAKAHASHI Yoshimitsu  京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 講師 (40450598)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAKAYAMA Takeo  京都大学, 医学研究科, 教授 (70217933)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords重複処方 / レセプトデータ / 社会ネットワーク分析 / 重複受診
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Duplicative prescriptions refer to situations in which patients receive medications for the same condition from two or more sources. We sought to conduct descriptive analysis of duplicative prescriptions using social network analysis and to report their prevalence across ages. We analyzed a health insurance claims database including 1.24 million people from December 2012. As a result, the prevalence of duplicative prescription for any drug class was strongly correlated with its frequency of prescription (r=0.90). Among patients aged 0-19, cough and colds drugs showed the highest prevalence of duplicative prescriptions (10.8%). Among people aged 65 and over, antihypertensive drugs had the highest frequency of prescriptions, but the prevalence of duplicative prescriptions was low. Social network analysis revealed clusters of facilities connected via duplicative prescriptions, e.g., psychotropic drugs showed clustering due to a few patients receiving drugs from 10 or more facilities.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Harvard Chan School of Public Health(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Social network analysis of duplicative prescriptions: One-month analysis of medical facilities in Japan.2016

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi Y, Ishizaki T, Nakayama T, Kawachi I.
    • Journal Title

      Health Policy

      Volume: 120(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 334-41

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.01.020

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Social network analysis of duplicative prescriptions in Japan2015

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimitsu Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Society for Epidemiology Research 48th Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Denver, Colorado, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-16 – 2015-06-19
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Social network analysis of duplicative prescriptions in Japan.2015

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi Y, Ishizaki T, Nakayama T, Kawachi I.
    • Organizer
      Society for Epidemiology Research 48th Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Denver, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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