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Table 5 Interrupted time series analysis of the effect of the over-the-counter drug policy on number of monthly outpatient visits for acute upper respiratory infections, dyspepsia, and migraine (High-income patients)

From: Deregulation of sale of over-the-counter drugs outside of pharmacies in the Republic of Korea: interrupted-time-series analysis of outpatient visits before and after the policy

 

Acute upper respiratory infections

Dyspepsia

Migraine

 

Estimation

Standard error

p-value

Estimation

Standard error

p-value

Estimation

Standard error

p-value

Trend

−0.0003*

0.0001

<.0001

0.0102*

0.0006

<.0001

0.0053*

0.0004

<.0001

Intervention

 Yes

0.0014

0.0021

0.4997

−0.0083

0.0248

0.7362

0.001

0.0199

0.9614

 No

Ref.

-

-

Ref.

-

-

Ref.

-

-

Trend after intervention

0.0004

0.0002

0.0824

−0.0078*

0.0027

0.0036

−0.0005

0.0023

0.8152

  1. *: p-value < 0.05; All covariates are adjusted