Racial differences in hormone replacement therapy prescriptions.

摘要: Abstract Objective: To examine racial differences in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use by analyzing the relative risks and rates of HRT prescriptions for black white women. Methods: Data on visits to hospital outpatient departments office-based physicians women aged 45–64 years were obtained from 25,203 sampled 1993–1995 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys Hospital Surveys. The effect race provision an prescription at ambulatory visit was estimated controlling confounders using logistic regression. Population-based physician with also calculated address issues involving access care. Results: Approximately 98,787,000 annual made age, 9.2% which involved HRT. percentage reported (4.5%) roughly half that (9.7%). association persisted after type physician, practice type, geographic region, payment source, non-HRT prescription(s) (odds ratio 2.1; 95% confidence interval 1.5, 2.9). rate care among (3.82 per year woman) virtually identical (3.94 year), whereas twice as high (0.38 0.17 year, respectively). Conclusion: Apparent persist factors not explored previous studies.