Open Access<p>Geographical and sociodemographic differences in discontinuation of medication for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – A Cross-Classified Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA)</p>
Author(s) -
Kani Khalaf,
Sten Axelsson Fisk,
Ann Ekberg-Jansson,
George Leckie,
Raquel Pérez-Vicente,
Juan Merlo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s247368
Subject(s) - discontinuation , medicine , copd , demography , multilevel model , residence , pharmacy , emergency medicine , pediatrics , statistics , family medicine , mathematics , sociology
While discontinuation of COPD maintenance medication is a known problem, the proportion of patients with discontinuation and its geographical and sociodemographic distribution are so far unknown in Sweden. Therefore, we analyse this question by applying an innovative approach called multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA).