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Table 2 Background characteristics

From: Identification of individuals benefiting from the kakaritsuke-yakuzaishi (family pharmacist) system in Japan: a retrospective cohort study using an employment-based health insurance claims database

Variables

User

(N = 1214)

Non-user

(N = 161,126)

Age, years

50.2 (12.0)

46.6 (12.1)

  ≥ 60 years

286 (23.6)

22,805 (14.2)

Sex (Female)

583 (48.0)

74,899 (46.5)

Types of drugs

10.5 (7.0)

8.5 (5.8)

  ≥ 6

900 (74.1)

102,544 (63.6)

Medical institutions used

2.3 (1.3)

2.1 (1.2)

  ≥ 2

816 (67.2)

103,253 (64.1)

Use of multiple departments in a hospital

109 (9.0)

5808 (3.6)

The number of medical examinations

9.7 (10.9)

6.0 (5.5)

Admission

69 (5.7)

4789 (3.0)

Use of a pharmacy that can claim the family pharmacist consultation fees

1214 (100.0)

35,350 (21.9)

Use of one dose package for drugs

84 (6.9)

2159 (1.3)

Drugs

 Antihypertensives

462 (38.1)

38,293 (23.8)

 Antilipidemic agents

348 (28.7)

27,918 (17.3)

 Antidiabetic agents other than insulin

147 (12.1)

11,495 (7.1)

 Insulin

30 (2.5)

1904 (1.2)

 Anticoagulants

34 (2.8)

1639 (1.0)

 Antiplatelet agents

63 (5.2)

4076 (2.5)

 Proton pump inhibitors

220 (18.1)

16,161 (10.0)

 H2 blockers

103 (8.5)

10,007 (6.2)

 H1 blockers

422 (34.8)

59,920 (37.2)

 Antipsychotics

138 (11.4)

6471 (4.0)

 BZDs/Non-BZDs

297 (24.5)

20,260 (12.6)

 Antidepressants

162 (13.3)

9900 (6.1)

 Antibiotics

443 (36.5)

63,446 (39.4)

 NSAIDs

497 (40.9)

60,864 (37.8)

 Steroids

138 (11.4)

12,450 (7.7)

 Probiotics

191 (15.7)

20,693 (12.8)

 Laxatives

91 (7.5)

7052 (4.4)

 Vitamins

149 (12.3)

14,829 (9.2)

 Traditional Japanese herbal medicines

282 (23.2)

30,941 (19.2)

  1. Abbreviations: BZDs Benzodiazepine, NSAIDs Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs
  2. Continuous variables and categorical variables are summarized as means with standard deviations and frequencies (%), respectively