| |
Treatment regimen
| |
|---|
|
Variables
|
Mono-therapyb
|
Two-drug combinationsb
|
Three-drug combinationsb
|
Four(+)-drug combinationsb
|
Total No. of prescriptionsc
|
|---|
| |
No.
|
%
|
No.
|
%
|
No.
|
%
|
No.
|
%
| |
|
Patient gender
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Male
|
44 738
|
51.36#
|
31 494
|
36.16#
|
6 815
|
7.82#
|
4 058
|
4.66#
|
87 105
|
|
Female
|
50 059
|
54.62
|
31 927
|
34.84
|
6 024
|
6.57
|
3 639
|
3.97
|
91 649
|
|
Patient age (years)
| | | | | | | | | |
|
<55
|
40 357
|
50.67#
|
29 784
|
37.39#
|
6 130
|
7.70#
|
3 380
|
4.24
|
79 651
|
|
≥55
|
54 440
|
54.93
|
33 637
|
33.94
|
6 709
|
6.77
|
4 317
|
4.36
|
99 103
|
|
Type of clinical facilityd
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Medical center
|
16 721
|
48.76#
|
12 693
|
37.02
|
3 897
|
11.37#
|
978
|
2.85#
|
34 289
|
|
Regional hospital
|
14 809
|
49.75#
|
10 453
|
35.11#
|
3 687
|
12.39#
|
819
|
2.75#
|
29 768
|
|
Local hospital
|
18 258
|
59.03#
|
9 745
|
31.51#
|
2 395
|
7.74#
|
531
|
1.72#
|
30 929
|
|
Primary care clinic
|
44 997
|
53.73
|
30 520
|
36.44
|
2 860
|
3.42
|
5 369
|
6.41
|
83 746
|
|
Total Nos.
|
94 797
|
53.03
|
63 421
|
35.48
|
12 839
|
7.18
|
7 697
|
4.31
|
178 754
|
- Notes:
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a Total sample number = 6 536 patients.
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b No. refers to the number of prescriptions under each treatment regimen; % refers to the percentage of the total drugs prescribed under the four treatment regimens.
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c As a result of missing data, the sum of the total number of prescriptions over the four types of clinical facilities is smaller than the overall number of prescriptions.
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d Pairwise group comparisons are performed taking primary care clinics as the reference.
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# Significant p-value with the Bonferroni-adjusted α-level, p < 0.0025
