From: Understanding medication oversupply and its predictors in the outpatient departments in Thailand
Patient characteristics | Number of patients (%) |
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(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 |