Relationship between antihypertensive drug use and number of people with high blood pressure in FY 2018: a descriptive epidemiological study based on the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan open data.
Kanako MizunoRyo InoseYukina YoshimuraYuichi MurakiPublished in: Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences (2023)
To our knowledge, this study is the first to investigate the use of oral antihypertensive drugs in outpatient settings in Japan. In addition, the DID of antihypertensive drugs can be used as an alternative indicator of the number of people with high systolic blood pressure.
Keyphrases
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