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England’s prescribing data reveals deep inequality in medicine use
Key Takeaways
- Researchers analyzed 5.8 billion medicines dispensed to more than 52 million people in England.
- By age 40, people in the most deprived groups had nearly twice as many medicines dispensed as those in the least deprived groups.
- More than 40% of 70-year-olds were dispensed more than five different medicines.
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DT Editorial Team··via medicalxpress.com