[Irish Examiner] , O'Sullivan, Claire High rate of tranquiliser use among over-65s. (12 Jan 2017)
External website: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/high-rate-of-...
An OECD report entitled Tackling Wasteful Spending on Health says more than 60 people per 1,000 population are using such tranquilisers on a long-term basis here; the OECD average is less than half that at under 30 users per 1,000 population...........
[See also, page 72 of chapter 2 - Producing the right health care: Reducing low-value care and adverse events - of OECD report, in related publication link below]
Source of data is OECD health statistics 2016 - Health care quality indicators
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