Initial pharmacotherapy in a population of veterans with Parkinson disease.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
The authors analyzed patient and prescribing provider characteristics for 530 veterans identified from VA pharmacy records with Parkinson disease (PD) and initial pharmacotherapy. Neurologists prescribed 29% of initial therapy. While a patient being younger and seeing a movement disorder specialist predicted receiving dopamine agonists, only 20% of patients younger than age 65 years received dopamine agonists. Initial pharmacotherapy is strongly influenced by the provider's specialty but mostly initiated by providers without PD expertise.
Medical subject headings
- Antiparkinson Agents
- Medicine
- Parkinson Disease
- Practice Patterns, Physicians'
- Specialization
- Veterans