Physicians' prescription pattern for Japanese cedar pollinosis

对医疗费用收据数据库进行分析，以评估日本春季过敏性鼻炎（SAR）患者的医疗实践和药物处方模式。接受队列人群中约15%的儿童和7%的成人被视为SAR患者。约50%的SAR患者咨询过耳鼻喉科医生。三分之二的SAR患者在春季只去过一两次医疗机构。处方最多的药物是SAR药物中的第二代抗组胺药。

Database of medical fee receipt was analyzed to assess the Japanese medical practice and drug prescription pattern in patients defined as spring season allergic rhinitis(SAR). About 15% of children and 7% of adults in receipt cohort population were considered as SAR patients. About 50% of SAR patients had consulted otolaryngologists. Two-thirds of SAR patients had visited medical institutes only once or twice in a spring season. The most prescribed drug was second-generation antihistamines in SAR medicines.