Background Primary medication non‐adherence (PMN), defined as failure to obtain newly
prescribed medications, results in adverse clinical and economic outcomes. We aimed to (a) …

Background Medication nonadherence is a global problem that requires urgent attention.
Primary nonadherence occurs when a patient consults with a medical doctor, receives a …

Denmark has a long tradition of creating nationwide administrative and health registries. 1, 2
Examples include its registries on causes of death, 3 hospitalizations 4 and cancer, 5 and on …

Objective To study patterns of antidepressant, anxiolytic, and hypnotic drug utilization in
Denmark, Norway, and Sweden during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods …

Introduction Antibiotics represent the most common type of medication used during
pregnancy and infancy. Antibiotics have been proposed as a possible factor in changes in …

Purpose Studies on drug utilization usually do not allow direct cross‐national comparisons
because of differences in the respective applied methods. This study aimed to compare time …

Introduction Polypharmacy is commonly associated with adverse health outcomes. There
are currently no meta-analyses of the prevalence of polypharmacy or factors associated with …

Objective: The authors investigated the clinical outcomes of commonly used antidepressants
among older adults who initiated first-time antidepressants for depression by analyzing the 1 …

Objective To estimate the incidence and prevalence of resistant hypertension among a UK
population treated for hypertension from 1995 to 2015. Design Cohort study. Setting …

Objective To perform an expedited assessment of cancer risk associated with exposure to N-
nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) through contaminated valsartan products. Design Nationwide …