From: Factors associated with prescribing costs: analysis of a nationwide administrative database
Independent variables | R2 lmrob | Spearman |
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Number of patients | .01 | .04 |
Average age of patients | .05 | .18 |
Median age of patients | .07 | .22 |
Proportion of pensioners | .07 | .21 |
Proportion of female patients | .02 | − .11 |
Morbidity index | .02 | − .04 |
Proportion of prescriptions issued (PPI) | .45 | .67 |
Proportion of DDD issued (PDDD) | .36 | .60 |
Proportion of polypharmacy patients | .00 | .01 |
Proportion of polypharmacy patients ≥ 2Q | .00 | .13 |