Table 2 Target audience for the Veterans’ MATES interventions to reduce use of hypnotics among Australian veterans
Date intervention commenced | Number of health professionals targeted | Criteria used to select targeted veterans | Number of veterans targeted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPs | Pharmacists | Directors of nursing in residential aged care facilities | |||
March 2009 | 13,203 | 7623 | 2722 | Veterans dispensed at least one hypnotic between 1 January and 31 December 2008 | 52,869 |
June 2012 | 9225 | 8286 | 2605 | Veterans dispensed at least two hypnotics between 1 October 2011 and 31 January 2012 | 21,329 |