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Table 2 Drug prescriptions and cost of drugs 90 and 180 days before the first observed inpatient visit with diagnosis F43 for the integrative care and conventional care cohorts

From: Usage and cost of first-line drugs for patients referred to inpatient anthroposophic integrative care or inpatient conventional care for stress-related mental disorders—a register based study

 

Integrative Care (N = 161)

Conventional Care (N = 1571)

Statistical difference (P-value)

DDD/patient

 ATC-N05A 90-days before

0.8 (−0.1 to 1.7)

2.9 (2.1 to 3.8)

<0.001

 ATC-N05B 90-days before

26.5 (16.6 to 36.3)

32.3 (27.9 to 36.7)

0.287

 ATC-N05C 90-days before

5.7 (3.5 to 7.9)

11.9 (10.5 to 13.3)

<0.001

 ATC-N06A 90-days before

16.6 (9.6 to 23.7)

21.0 (18.2 to 32.8)

0.260

 ATC-N05A 180 days before

1.3 (−0.01 to 2.7)

5.1 (3.7 to 6.5)

<0.001

 ATC-N05B 180 days before

41.4 (25.8 to 57.1)

54.2 (46.4 to 61.9)

0.150

 ATC-N05C 180 days before

10.7 (6.9 to 14.5)

20.6 (18.1 to 23.0)

<0.001

 ATC-N06A 180 days before

33.5 (20.1 to 46.7)

37.3 (32.6 to 42.0)

0.592

Cost/patient (EUR)

 ATC-N05A 90-days before

5.4 (−0.3 to 11.1)

19.4 (13.8 to 24.9)

<0.001

 ATC-N05B 90-days before

4.8 (2.9 to 6.6)

6.4 (5.5 to 7.2)

0.133

 ATC-N05C 90-days before

4.9 (3.0 to 6.8)

8.4 (7.4 to 9.4)

0.002

 ATC-N06A 90-days before

27.5 (14.6 to 40.4)

24.8 (21.3 to 28.2)

0.699

 ATC-N05A 180 days before

6.8 (−0.3 to 13.9)

36.5 (26.9 to 46.2)

<0.001

 ATC-N05B 180 days before

7.6 (4.5 to 10.7)

11.4 (9.8 to 13.0)

0.036

 ATC-N05C 180 days before

8.2 (5.3 to 11.2)

14.7 (12.8 to 16.5)

<0.001

 ATC-N06A 180 days before

50.3 (28.5 to 72.1)

46.1 (40.3 to 51.9)

0.722

  1. DDD, Defined daily dose. EUR, euro. Drug categories according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system: N05A, antipsychotics; N05B, anxiolytics; N05C, hypnotics and sedatives; and N06A, antidepressants. Average (95 % confidence interval) values. Analyses by t-tests (two tailed)