Table 3.
Mean number of prescriptions in non-frequent attenders, 1-year frequent attenders and persistent frequent attenders and relative difference (non-frequent attenders 100)
| Non-Fas1 | 1yFAs2;4 | PFAs3 | |
| 19.120 | 2.609 | 470 | |
| Antibiotics | 0.18 | 0.7 (388) |
0.88 (488) |
| Analgesics | 0.51 | 2.3 (457) |
2.91 (570) |
| Anxiolytics | 0.20 | 0.9 (450) |
1.3 (650) |
| Hypnotics | 0.19 | 0.7 (368) |
0.99 (521) |
| Antidepressants | 0.22 | 0.9 (409) |
1.15 (523) |
1Non-frequent attenders
2 1-year frequent attenders
3 persistent frequent attenders
4 All FAs of 2003 minus the 1yFAs that moved out of the practice or died.