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Table 1 Health care settings, exclusion criteria, patient characteristics, selected medicines classes

From: The development and appraisal of a tool designed to find patients harmed by falsely labelled, falsified (counterfeit) medicines

Health care setting

Exclusion criteria: All sub-studies: female patients as regards erectile dysfunction medicines(G04BE)

Number: enrolled (evaluated)

Sex (m/f)

Age (Median, Interquartile range Q1-Q3): all patients; (m/f)

Medicines classes (WHO ATC)

Ambulatory Yerevan (Armenia)

Patients of all age groups with mild to moderate infections

50

24/26

33 (20.5–45.5)

(34 (1949)/

/31 (19.5–42.5)

Antibiotics (J01)

Ambulatory Zagreb & Pula (Croatia)

Patients <14, > 65 y;

71 (70)a

34/36

47 (3559)

(48 (37.7–58.5)/

43.5 (30.5–56.5)

Anti-obesity Preparations, Excl. Diet Products (A08), Anabolic Agents for Systemic Use (A14), Diuretics (C03), Sex Hormones and Modulators of the Genital System (G03), Urologicals (G04), Psycho-analeptics (N06)

Ambulatory Rome (Italy)

Patients <14, > 65 y

60 (60)

60 m

m: 32 (25.4–38.6)

Anabolic Agents for Systemic Use, Diuretics, Sex Hormones and Modulators of the Genital System, Urologicals

Pilot-study

Ambulatory

Sports out-patient clinic Belgrade (Serbia)

Patients <14, > 65 y;

105 (105)

79/26

33 (2739)

(33 (26.5–39.5)/

33 (2838))

Anti-obesity Preparations, anabolic agents for systemic use, Diuretics, Sex Hormones and Modulators of the Genital System

In-patient

Aalst (Belgium)

Patients <14, > 65 y;

42 42

23/19

42 (27.4–56.7)

(45 (27.3–53.8)

42 (3054)

Anti-obesity Preparations, Anabolic Agents for Systemic Use, Diuretics, Sex Hormones and Modulators of the Genital System, Urologicals, Psycho-analeptics

In-patient Reykjavík (Iceland)

Patients <14, > 65 y;

149 (149)

51/98

47 (32.5– 61.5)

(46 (31.5–60.5)/

48 (34–62)

Anti-obesity Preparations

  1. Legend: WHO ATC: Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification of Medicinal Products. Source: World Health Organization (WHO). (http://www.whocc.no/atc_ddd_index)
  2. aOne (1) patient was excluded due to incomplete documentation