Table 2 Study population characteristics and drug use (N = 45,593)
From: Potentially inappropriate prescribing to older patients receiving multidose drug dispensing
Study population | Regular drugs Dispensed as MDD | Regular drugs Not dispensed as MDD | P.r.n drugs | Total number of drugs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | |
Total | 45,593 | (100) | 6.3 | (2.8) | 2.2 | (2.0) | 2.4 | (2.3) | 10.9 | (5.0) |
Age | ||||||||||
70–79 | 11,435 | (25) | 6.9 | (3.1) | 2.3 | (2.1) | 2.4 | (2.4) | 11.6 | (5.5) |
80–89 | 21,633 | (47) | 6.4 | (2.8) | 2.2 | (1.9) | 2.4 | (2.3) | 11.0 | (4.9) |
90+ | 12,525 | (27) | 5.7 | (2.6) | 2.1 | (1.9) | 2.4 | (2.2) | 10.3 | (4.6) |
Gender | ||||||||||
Female | 30,090 | (66) | 6.4 | (2.9) | 2.5 | (2.3) | 2.6 | (1.9) | 11.1 | (5.1) |
Male | 15,503 | (34) | 6.2 | (2.8) | 2.2 | (2.2) | 2.2 | (2.0) | 10.7 | (4.9) |