Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy prescription among type 2 diabetes patients at a tertiary care department in Ningbo, China: A retrospective database study

Jialin Li; Kaushik Chattopadhyay; Miao Xu; Yanshu Chen; Fangfang Hu; Xingzhen Wang; Li Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220047

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Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy prescription among type 2 diabetes patients at a tertiary care department in Ningbo, China: A retrospective database study

Jialin Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jialin Li, Kaushik Chattopadhyay

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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Kaushik Chattopadhyay ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jialin Li, Kaushik Chattopadhyay

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Miao Xu,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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Yanshu Chen,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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Fangfang Hu,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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Xingzhen Wang,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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Li Li

Roles Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lilyningbo@163.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, PR China

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-3544

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Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy prescription among type 2 diabetes patients at a tertiary care department in Ningbo, China: A retrospective database study

Jialin Li,
Kaushik Chattopadhyay,
Miao Xu,
Yanshu Chen,
Fangfang Hu,
Xingzhen Wang,
Li Li

Published: July 17, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220047

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