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. 2000 Apr;49(4):353–362. doi: 10.1046/1365-2125.2000.00145.x

Table 5.

Mean and median number of drugs per patient, both related and unrelated to surgery per operation category.

Operation category
Age group No operation (n = 334) Major 1 (n = 85) Major 2 (n = 289) Intermediate (n = 264) Minor (n = 89)
Mean 4.6 15.3 12.1 10.4 76.2
Median 5.4 15.5 14.0 11.3 7.6