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Table 5 Effect of the intervention on result indicators

From: Application of propensity scores to explore the effect of public reporting of medicine use information on rational drug use in China: a quasi-experimental design

Variable name

Intervention group

Control group

Total

Chi-square value

P value

Prescription costs

Not decrease

71 (65.74%)

57 (52.78%)

128 (59.26%)

3.759

0.053

Decrease

37 (34.26%)

51 (47.22%)

88 (40.74%)

Total

108 (100.00%)

108 (100.00%)

216 (100.00%)

Antibiotics use

Not decrease

59 (54.63%)

63 (58.33%)

122 (56.48%)

0.301

0.583

Decrease

49 (45.37%)

45 (41.67%)

94 (43.52%)

Total

108 (100.00%)

108 (100.00%)

216 (100.00%)

Injection use

Not decrease

65 (60.19%)

79 (73.15%)

144 (66.67%)

4.083

0.043

Decrease

43 (39.81%)

29 (26.85%)

72 (33.33%)

Total

108 (100.00%)

108 (100.00%)

216 (100.00%)