Variability in the prescription of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine

I Villar-Fernández; L Bjerrum; C Feja; M J Rabanaque

doi:10.1159/000253845

Variability in the prescription of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine

I Villar-Fernández, L Bjerrum, C Feja, M J Rabanaque

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Abstract

To estimate the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment in Aragon (Spain), analyzing differences according to age, gender and health area.

Original language	English
Journal	Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
Volume	28
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	373-9
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1420-8008
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000253845
Publication status	Published - Jan 2009

Keywords

Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Drug Costs
Drug Prescriptions
Drug Utilization
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
Female
Humans
Male
Memantine
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Spain

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