From: Linking community pharmacy dispensing data to prescribing data of general practitioners
Database | DNSGP-2 | SFK | Ā | Ā |
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Type | Enquiry records | File records | Linked dataset | Ā |
Time period | Oct 2000 ā Jun 2002 | Jan 1999 ā Dec 2003 | Jan 1999 ā Dec 2003 | Ā |
% Female | 57.8% | 55.8% | 58.0% | P < 0.02 |
% Publicly insured | 67.5% | -* | 68.5% | p < 0.00 |
Mean age (SD) | 40.9 years (22.7) | 38.4 years (22.7) | 42.2 years (21.8) | p < 0.00 |
Mean number of Rx/patient (SD) | 7.9 (11.9) | 28.9 (59.6) | 43.7 (68.6) | p < 0.00 |
Nr. of Rx/patients/month | 0.68 | 0.63 | 0.91 | Ā |
Nr. of patients | 233,303 | 332,707 | 110,102 | Ā |
Nr. of Rx | 1,841,271 | 10,049,944 | 4,816,247 | Ā |
Pharmacies | -** | 123 | 112 | Ā |
GP practice | N = 90*** | N = 89 | N = 83 | Ā |
āāāSolo | 49 (54.4%) | 46 (53.5%) | 43 (51.8%) | p = 0.11 |
āāāDuo | 18 (20.0%) | 17 (19.8%) | 17 (20.5%) | Ā |
āāāGroup | 14 (15.6%) | 14 (16.3%) | 14 (16.9%) | Ā |
āāāHealthcare centre | 9 (10.0%) | 9 (10.5%) | 9 (10.8%) | Ā |
Deprived area | 8 (8.9%) | 8 (8.3%) | 8 (9.6%) | Ā |
Degree of urbanisation | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āāāNot urbanised | 9 (10.0%) | 9 (10.5%) | 9 (12.0%) | p = 0.21 |
āāāHardly urbanised | 17 (18.9%) | 16 (18.6%) | 14 (16.9%) | Ā |
āāāAveraged urbanised | 19 (21.1%) | 19 (22.1%) | 19 (22.9%) | Ā |
āāāStrongly urbanised | 24 (26.7%) | 22 (25.6%) | 21 (24.1%) | Ā |
āāāExtremely urbanised | 21 (23.3%) | 20 (23.3%) | 20 (24.1%) | Ā |