More Drugs and Fewer Strokes? Time Trends in <scp>CVD</scp> Medication and Incidence of Stroke With German Health Insurance Data
High correlation coefficients indicate that higher medication prevalence could be linked to better population health. Further research is needed to draw conclusions about the effects of increasing medicalization, including adverse risks and side effects at the population level.
Authors
- Siegfried Geyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2384-8237)
- Karin Weißenborn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-8938)
- Jelena Epping (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1852-5601)
- Juliane Tetzlaff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5393-5991)
- Lieselotte Mond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8248-2050)
- Johanna Schneider
Institutions
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.70077
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft