Table 1 Baseline characteristics for all claims reimbursed between January 2006 and December 2013

Number of claims: n total

2'156'620

4'746'942

931'129

1'322'272

807'835

Number of persons: n

693'928

1'098'925

292'403

268'143

121'455

Morphine equivalent: median (IQR)^a

-

-

-

180 (531)

300 (2680.1)

Male: n (%)

293'011 (42.2)

484'176 (44.1)

120'609 (41.2)

111'888 (41.7)

50'329 (41.4)

Female: n (%)

400'917 (57.8)

614'749 (55.9)

171'794 (58.8)

156'255 (58.3)

71'126 (58.6)

Age: median (IQR)

39 (41)

38 (45)

54 (35)

57 (31)

64 (30)

Age male: median (IQR)

36 (43)

36 (47)

52 (33)

55 (29)

61 (29)

Age female: median (IQR)

41 (40)

40 (43)

55 (37)

59 (32)

67 (31)

German part^b: n persons (%)

464'237 (66.9%)

766'415 (69.7%)

257'420 (88.0%)

195'149 (72.8%)

101'664 (83.7%)

French part^b: n persons (%)

195'934 (28.2%)

259'895 (23.6%)

22'835 (7.8%)

57'929 (21.6%)

15'642 (12.9%)

Italian part^b: n persons (%)

33'757 (4.9%)

72'615 (6.6%)

12'148 (4.2%)

15'065 (5.6%)

4'149 (3.4%)

German part^b: n claims (%)

1'416'848 (65.7%)

3'059'364 (64.4%)

845'951 (90.9%)

962'477 (72.8%)

671'079 (83.1%)

French part^b: n claims (%)

637'028 (29.5%)

1'320'874 (27.8%)

54'124 (5.8%)

286'570 (21.7%)

109'364 (13.5%)

Italian part^b: n claims (%)

102'744 (4.8%)

366'704 (7.7%)

31'054 (3.3%)

73'225 (5.5%)

27'392 (3.4%)