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Original Research

Trends in Outpatient Visits with Benzodiazepines among US Adults With and Without Bronchitis or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease from 1999 to 2010

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Pages 649-657 | Published online: 08 Dec 2015

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Table 1. Number of unweighted and weighted office/outpatient department office visits among patients aged ≥40 years, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Figure 1. Average annual numbers of office/outpatient department office visits and patients with a mention of a benzodiazepine, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Results are shown for the numbers of visits made by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Panel A), the numbers of visits made by patients without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Panel B), the numbers of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Panel C), and the numbers of patients without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Panel D).

Figure 1. Average annual numbers of office/outpatient department office visits and patients with a mention of a benzodiazepine, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Results are shown for the numbers of visits made by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Panel A), the numbers of visits made by patients without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Panel B), the numbers of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Panel C), and the numbers of patients without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Panel D).

Table 2. Percentage of office/outpatient visits and patients with a mention of a benzodiazepine, by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease status, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Table 3. Adjusted* prevalence ratios (95% confidence interval) for office/outpatient department visits and patients with a mention of a benzodiazepine (yes/no), National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1999–2010

Figure 2. Unadjusted prevalence ratio (95% confidence interval) for office/outpatient department visits with a mention of a benzodiazepine (yes/no) among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease aged ≥ 65 years, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Figure 2. Unadjusted prevalence ratio (95% confidence interval) for office/outpatient department visits with a mention of a benzodiazepine (yes/no) among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease aged ≥ 65 years, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

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