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. 1999 May 8;318(7193):1246–1250. doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7193.1246

Table 2.

Proportion of patients referred with respect to treatment received and intervention status of the practice. Denominator varies according to number of cases prescribed that particular treatment—for example, in intervention group of 163 women with menorrhagia who were not prescribed tranexamic acid, 26 were referred. For each treatment number of referrals with respect to intervention or control grouping is constant. Values are proportions (percentages) of women

Treatments Intervention Control
No tranexamic acid 26/163 (16) 32/121 (26)
Tranexamic acid only 23/132 (17)  13/42 (31)
Tranexamic acid plus other treatments  27/82 (33)   9/23 (39)
 Total referrals/total cases    76/377 (20)    54/186 (29)
No mefenamic acid 52/270 (19) 34/120 (28)
Mefenamic acid only   4/42 (10)   8/44 (18)
Mefenamic acid plus other treatments  20/65 (31)  12/22 (55)
 Total referrals/total cases    76/377 (20)    54/186 (29)
No norethisterone 49/293 (17) 36/142 (25)
Norethisterone only   9/30 (30)   9/24 (37)
Norethisterone plus other treatments  18/54 (33)   9/20 (45)
 Total referrals/total cases    76/377 (20)    54/186 (29)