학술논문
Agreement between self-reported morbidity and pharmacy claims data for prescribed medications in an older community based population
Document Type
article
Source
BMC Geriatrics, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2020)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1471-2318
Abstract
Abstract Background Studies have indicated variability around prevalence estimates of multimorbidity due to poor consensus regarding its definition and measurement. Medication-based measures of morbidity may be valuable resources in the primary-care setting where access to medical data can be limited. We compare the agreement between patient self-reported and medication-based morbidity; and examine potential patient-level predictors of discordance between these two measures of morbidity in an older (≥ 50 years) community-based population. Methods A retrospective cohort study was performed using national pharmacy claims data linked to The Irish LongituDinal study on Ageing (TILDA). Morbidity was measured by patient self-report (TILDA) and two medication-based measures, the Rx-Risk (