Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs and Health Services Utilization

Non-medical use of prescription drugs: implications for NPs.

Nurse practitioners are the first line of defense when combating the problem of nonmedical use of prescription drugs. This article outlines related clinical issues and provides tools and treatment options to use with patients and the community.

Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs, Stress, Cultural Orientation, Utilization of Healthcare, and Protective Factors among College Students in China

Health Status, Health Insurance, and Medical Services Utilization: 2010

The national health spending for Americans has increased in recent years and is projected to continue on a rapid growth trajectory.1 This phenomenon is subject to the interplay of many forces, both demographic and economic.2 People are living longer, have declining health status for more years than in the past, and are consuming more medical services.3 Regardless of demographic characteristics,...

Desire of Athlete and Non-athlete Students to Drugs Use

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare athlete and non-athlete students’ tendency to drug use. 240 undergraduate students of University of Kurdistan with ages ranging from 19 to 23 years who had the experience of regular exercise (n = 120) and non-athlete ones (n = 120) were selected as the sample. Relapse Prediction Scale (RPS) was used for data collection. To analyze data, de...

Insurance, Health, and the Utilization of Medical Services*

Most data sets indicate a positive correlation between having health insurance and good health, and between having health insurance and utilizing health care services. Yet the direction of causality is not at all clear. If we observe a positive correlation between the utilization of health care services and insurance status, we do not know if this is because people who anticipate poor health bu...