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Table 1 Patient and prescriber characteristics at benzodiazepine initiation (France, 2011-2012)

From: Did the new French pay-for-performance system modify benzodiazepine prescribing practices?

 

2011

2012

N = 41,393

N = 41,980

Patient characteristics

n

%

n

%

Agea

51.77; 51 (17.66)

52.66; 52 (17.84)

Male

13,696

33.09

14,016

33.39

Place of residence

    

  Rural

14,096

34.05

14,617

34.82

  Urban

25,911

62.60

26,627

63.43

  Unknown

1,386

3.35

736

1.75

Prescriber characteristics

    

Initiation by GP

41,357

99.91

41,893

99.79

  1. aMean; median (SD).