Imperial College London
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PROFESSOR AZEEM MAJEED

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Chair - Primary Care and Public Health & Head of Department
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3368a.majeed Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Dorothea Cockerell +44 (0)20 7594 3368

 
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Location

 

Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Patel:2007:pubmed/fdl076,
author = {Patel, H and Srishanmuganathan, J and Car, J and Majeed, A},
doi = {pubmed/fdl076},
journal = {Journal of Public Health},
pages = {48--52},
title = {Trends in the prescription and cost of diabetic medications and monitoring equipment in England 1991-2004},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdl076},
volume = {29},
year = {2007}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: To report the trend in prescriptions and cost of antidiabetic drugs and glucose monitoring equipment in England from 1991 to 2004. Methods: We analysed data on all community antidiabetic drug prescriptions in England collated from the Prescription Cost Analysis system. Results: The total number of diabetes prescriptions (medicines and monitoring) rose from 7613000 (1991) to 24325640 (2004) (>300% increase). Meanwhile, total costs increased by 650%. Insulins are the biggest contributor to cost followed by monitoring equipment and then oral medications. Three times as many items of oral tablets are prescribed than insulins. Metformin accounts for 40% of all diabetic drug dispensations but only 7% of the costs. More is spent on glitazones now than on either metformin or sulphonylureas. Conclusions: There has been a substantial increase in the cost of managing diabetes in the community. Costs are likely to continue to rise in the future, as the prevalence of diabetes increases and through more aggressive identification and management of patients with diabetes in the hope of reducing the even more costly complications. The cost implications of glucose monitoring merits further study. © The Author 2006, Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved.
AU  - Patel,H
AU  - Srishanmuganathan,J
AU  - Car,J
AU  - Majeed,A
DO  - pubmed/fdl076
EP  - 52
PY  - 2007///
SN  - 1741-3842
SP  - 48
TI  - Trends in the prescription and cost of diabetic medications and monitoring equipment in England 1991-2004
T2  - Journal of Public Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdl076
VL  - 29
ER  -
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