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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Understanding medication oversupply and its predictors in the outpatient departments in Thailand

Patient characteristics

Number of patients (%)

 

(N = 99,743)

Type of hospital

 

  Regional hospital

91,614 (91.9)

  District hospital

8,129 (8.2)

Age (Mean ± SD)

49.7 ± 21.2

  Children/adolescent (<18 years old)

10,799 (10.8)

  Adult (18–59 years old)

53,564 (53.7)

  Elderly (≥60 years old)

35,380 (35.5)

Gender

 

  Male

42,651 (42.8)

  Female

56,860 (57.0)

  Missing data

232 (0.2)

Health insurance

60,026 (60.2)

  Universal health coverage schemes

7,760 (7.8)

  Social security schemes

29,203 (29.3)

  Civil servant medical benefit schemes

2,522 (2.5)

  Others

232 (0.2)

  Missing data

 

Charlson’s co-morbidity index

1.1 ± 1.7

  Mean ± SD

51,073 (51.2)

  0

36,107 (36.2)

  1-2

12,312 (12.3)

  >3

251 (0.3)

  Missing data

 
  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation.