Table 1.

Mean (s.d.) in-patient prescribing.

Items	Number	Study group	Mean (s.d.)	Number	Control group	Mean (s.d.)
All items on admission	275	4–12	6.4 (1.9)	274	3–15	6.8 (2.6)
Stopped on admission	36	0–9	0.8 (1.6)	59	0–6	1.5 (1.6)
Started on admission	186	0–10	4.3 (2.8)	200	0–13	5.0 (2.9)
Stopped whilst in-patient	78	0–7	1.8 (1.80)	83	0–5	2.1 (1.5)
Regular items on discharge	303	4–11	7.1 (1.8)	285	4–14	7.1 (2.3)
PRN items on discharge	44	0–3′	1.0 (0.9)	47	0–3	1.2 (1.0)