Table 2 Characteristic in 2017 according to prescriber versus non-prescriber in 2018
Total | Non-prescriber | Prescriber | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 7927 | n = 4965 (62.6) | n = 2962 (37.4) | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Specialists | < 0.001a | |||
Family doctors | 2266 (28.6) | 1395 (28.1) | 871 (29.4) | |
General practitioners | 4802 (60.6) | 2970 (59.8) | 1832 (61.9) | |
Internal medicine | 144 (1.8) | 118 (2.4) | 26 (0.9) | |
Cardiologists | 357 (4.5) | 147 (3.0) | 210 (7.1) | |
Pneumologists | 144 (1.8) | 142 (2.9) | 2 (0.1) | |
Angiologists | 34 (0.4) | 31 (0.6) | 3 (0.1) | |
Nephrologists | 180 (2.3) | 162 (3.3) | 18 (0.6) | |
Sex | < 0.001a | |||
Male | 4884 (61.6) | 2856 (57.5) | 2028 (68.5) | |
Female | 3043 (38.4) | 2109 (42.5) | 934 (31.5) | |
Age, years (mean, SD) | 55.41 (9.0) | 55.55 (8.9) | 55.39 (9.1) | 0.34b |
Location (n = 7917) | < 0.001a | |||
Rural | 3501 (44.2) | 2052 (41.4) | 1449 (48.9) | |
Urban | 4416 (55.8) | 2904 (58.6) | 11512 (51.1) | |
Family doctor-centred care | < 0.001a | |||
No | 4338 (54.7) | 3057 (61.6) | 1281 (43.2) | |
Yes | 3589 (45.3) | 1908 (38.4) | 1681 (56.8) | |
Disease management programme | < 0.001a | |||
No | 1675 (21.1) | 1393 (28.1) | 282 (9.5) | |
Yes | 6252 (78.9) | 3572 (71.9) | 2680 (90.5) |