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. 2023 Dec 2;23:1346. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10374-1

Table 3.

Prescribing question responses for cohort overall

Prescribing arm Pathology arm Imaging arm
Baseline N = 22 End N = 11 Baseline N = 20 End N = 12 Baseline N = 18 End N = 14
Deprescribing confidence
 1—not confident 2 (9.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (5.6%) 0 (0.0%)
 2 4 (18.2%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (20.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (5.6%) 0 (0.0%)
 3 10 (45.5%) 1 (9.1%) 9 (45.0%) 4 (33.3%) 9 (50.0%) 5 (35.7%)
 4 5 (22.7%) 7 (63.6%) 5 (25.0%) 6 (50.0%) 7 (38.8%) 6 (42.9%)
 5—extremely confident 1 (4.5%) 3 (27.3%) 2 (10.0%) 2(16.7%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (21.4%)
Deprescribing discussions
 0 times 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (5.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (5.6%) 0 (0.0%)
 1–5 times 10 (45.4%) 0 (0.0%) 6 (30.0%) 3 (25.0%) 5 (27.8%) 2 (14.3%)
 6–10 times 8 (36.4%) 5 (45.4%) 8 (40.0%) 3 (25.0%) 7 (38.9%) 7 (50.0%)
 11–15 times 2 (9.1%) 3 (27.3%) 4 (20.0%) 3 (25.0%) 3 (16.6%) 3 (21.4%)
 16 + times 2 (9.1%) 3 (27.3%) 1 (5.0%) 3 (25.0%) 2 (11.1%) 2 (14.3%)
Deprescribing frequency
 0 times 2 (9.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 1–5 times 8 (36.4%) 2 (18.2%) 11 (55.0%) 2 (16.7%) 7 (38.9%) 3 (21.4%)
 6–10 times 7 (31.8%) 5 (45.4%) 4 (20.0%) 7 (58.3%) 4 (22.2%) 6 (42.9%)
 11–15 times 3 (13.6%) 3 (27.3%) 2 (10.0%) 0 (0.0%) 5 (27.8%) 2 (14.3%)
 16 + times 2 (9.1%) 1 (9.1%) 3 (15.0%) 3 (25.0%) 2 (11.1%) 30 (21.4%)