Table 3 Area-based Between-Group Variance (BGV) for drug prescription indicators - pre and post NEMS
Indicator | Pre (95 % CI) | Post (95 % CI) | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average number of drugs per prescription | 0.113 | (0.083, | 0.143) | 0.106 | (0.079, | 0.133) | 0.746 |
Percentage of prescriptions requiring antibiotics (%) | 6.979 | (2.300, | 11.658) | 2.764 | (-0.212, | 5.739) | 0.024 |
Percentage of prescriptions requiring glucocorticoids (%) | 3.558 | (0.709, | 6.408) | 1.638 | (-0.283, | 3.559) | 0.206 |
Percentage of prescriptions requiring injections (%) | 8.236 | (2.972, | 13.500) | 15.163 | (8.053, | 22.273) | 0.668 |
Percentage of drugs prescribed from the essential drug list (%) | 16.656 | (10.502, | 22.811) | 3.551 | (1.083, | 6.018) | 0.037 |
Average expenditure per prescription | 0.085 | (-0.651, | 0.821) | 4.52 | (2.182, | 6.859) | 0.000 |