Trends in Drug Prescriptions in the Outpatient Physician Sector in a German Federal State from 2014 to 2023 Using Morbidity Related Groups, Correlations and Partial Correlations

Mareike Burmester, Mareike Burmester, Timo Emcke, Vera Ries, Klaus-Peter Thiele, Bernhard van Treeck, Reinhard Schuster, Reinhard Schuster

2025

Abstract

The pharmaceutical prescription data of all SHI-insured persons in a German federal state are analysed over a period of 10 years. With the help of the International ATC Code, each patient is assigned a Morbidity Related Group (MRG) as the active substance group with the highest costs per year. The leading MRG positions per age are compared between 2019 as the current year before the coronavirus pandemic and 2023 after the coronavirus pandemic. Between the ages of 23 and 31, treatment with antidepressants has come to the fore. Beta-lactam antibacterials and penicillins dominate in early childhood in both years and antithrombotics agents in old age. The correlations between age, polypharmacy and cost percentiles are examined in pairs or as a whole with correlations and partial correlations. All partial correlations of the three variables are greater than the correlations.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Burmester M., Emcke T., Ries V., Thiele K., van Treeck B. and Schuster R. (2025). Trends in Drug Prescriptions in the Outpatient Physician Sector in a German Federal State from 2014 to 2023 Using Morbidity Related Groups, Correlations and Partial Correlations. In Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-731-3, SciTePress, pages 96-104. DOI: 10.5220/0013149200003911

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf25,
author={Mareike Burmester and Timo Emcke and Vera Ries and Klaus-Peter Thiele and Bernhard van Treeck and Reinhard Schuster},
title={Trends in Drug Prescriptions in the Outpatient Physician Sector in a German Federal State from 2014 to 2023 Using Morbidity Related Groups, Correlations and Partial Correlations},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2025},
pages={96-104},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013149200003911},
isbn={978-989-758-731-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - Trends in Drug Prescriptions in the Outpatient Physician Sector in a German Federal State from 2014 to 2023 Using Morbidity Related Groups, Correlations and Partial Correlations
SN - 978-989-758-731-3
AU - Burmester M.
AU - Emcke T.
AU - Ries V.
AU - Thiele K.
AU - van Treeck B.
AU - Schuster R.
PY - 2025
SP - 96
EP - 104
DO - 10.5220/0013149200003911
PB - SciTePress