From: Factors associated with prescribing costs: analysis of a nationwide administrative database
Independent variables | R2 lmrob | Spearman |
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Number of patients | .14 | .24 |
Average age of patients | .15 | .39 |
Median age of patients | .15 | .41 |
Proportion of pensioners | .20 | .45 |
Proportion of female patients | .02 | − .14 |
Morbidity index | .06 | .32 |
Proportion of prescriptions issued (PPI) | .00 | − .07 |
Proportion of DDD issued (PDDD) | .01 | − .06 |
Proportion of polypharmacy patients | .15 | .40 |
Proportion of polypharmacy patients ≥ 2Q | .20 | .46 |