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Table 3 Prevalence of prescriptions* based on telephone consultation and prevalence ratio (PR) adjusted for patient gender and age group, type of contact (new episode or exacerbation of chronic disease), GP gender and age group, and GP-assessed severity of health problem

From: Drug prescription by telephone consultation in Danish out-of-hours primary care: a population-based study of frequency and associations with clinical severity and diagnosis

 

Prescription frequency

Adjusted PR

 
 

(%)

(95% CI)

P-value

All = 4,382*

  

Patient gender

  

 Female

21.5

1 (ref.)

 

 Male

18.0

0.88 (0.78-1.00)

0.042

Patient age

  

 0-4 years

15.2

0.68 (0.56-0.83)

<0.001

 5-17 years

17.2

0.81 (0.66-0.99)

0.040

 18-40 years

22.6

1 (ref.)

 

 41-60 years

23.4

1.10 (0.91-1.32)

0.302

 >60 years

18.7

0.89 (0.72-1.10)

0.267

GP gender

  

 Female GP

17.9

1 (ref.)

 

 Male GP

20.6

1.14 (0.86-1.49)

0.364

GP age

  

 <41 years

19.2

1 (ref.)

 

 41-50 years

18.2

1.00 (0.76-1.33)

0.990

 51-60 years

21.9

1.09 (0.86-1.38)

0.498

 >60 years

20.0

1.06 (0.69-1.61)

0.805

GP-assessed severity

  

 Not severe/not ill

21.3

1 (ref.)

 

 Severe/potentially severe

6.3

0.28 (0.16-0.47)

<0.001

New episode or chronic disease

  

 New episode

19.6

1 (ref.)

 

 Exacerbation of chronic disease

18.5

0.92 (0.74-1.15)

0.449

Number of hours from office hours

  

 1-4 hours

19.1

1 (ref.)

 

 5-8 hours

11.9

0.56 (0.44-0.72)

<0.001

 >8 hours

21.5

1.10 (0.93-1.31)

0.278

  1. *Prescription renewals excluded.