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Table 1 Descriptive statistics by discipline

From: Factors associated with prescribing costs: analysis of a nationwide administrative database

Medical discipline

Mean number of patients per practice

Average age of patients

Proportion of female patients

Costs per patient in €

Primary care (n = 30,325)

Mean 1146.2

SD 586.6

Median 1072

53.4

6.6

53.7

57.8

6.0

57.3

291.69

17.07

262.93

Cardiology (n = 559)

Mean 777.4

SD 541.0

Median 628

66.6

3.0

67.0

48.8

6.6

48.0

215.67

14.69

149.63

Gastroenterology (n = 485)

Mean 612.2

SD 594.8

Median 487

54.7

5.9

54.4

55.3

8.5

55.7

1104.30

33.23

790.11

Neurology and Psychiatry (n = 3080)

Mean 789.9

SD 548.5

Median 756.5

56.7

6.7

57.4

63.1

8.3

63.1

769.01

27.73

507.19

Pulmology (n = 642)

Mean 1760.9

SD 1063.5

Median 1642

57.0

4.6

57.0

55.7

6.5

56.3

372.01

19.29

324.62

Oncology and Haematology (n = 303)

Mean 447.3

SD 378.3

Median 368

64.5

4.6

65.6

55.1

11.0

55.6

9181.15

95.81

9384.36