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Table 2 Characteristics of Pharmacy Practice Population (N = 1,427,325 patients)

From: Monitoring Community Pharmacist's Quality of Care: A feasibility study of using pharmacy claims data to assess performance

Patient Characteristics

  

Patient Demographics

N

%

Female

849,989

59.6 †

 

Mean

SD

Age

50.0

24.2

Medication use

Mean

SD

Medications per year ‡

6.2

5.2

Dispensings per year §

37.9

64.3

Health Services Use

Mean

SD

Prescribing physicians per year

2.7

2.0

Dispensing pharmacies per year

1.6

0.95

 

N

%

Patients receiving all medications & services from a single pharmacy per year

877,038

61.4†

Population Prevalence of Quality of Care Problems

N (N at-risk)

% **

Medication Safety Indicators

  

Seniors receiving flurazepam

11,453 (196,774)

5.8

Patients receiving non-selective beta blockers and SABA

5,200 (33,058)

15.7

Medication Effectiveness Indicators

  

Patients over-using SABA

39,895 (70,021)

57.0

Patients under-using anti-hypertensives

220,179 (517,656)

42.5

  1. † Percent of 1,427,325 patients
  2. ‡ Calculated by determining the average of the total number of medications per patient per year.
  3. § Total number of dispensings in one year period is 54,045,097.
  4. ** Percent of the population at-risk