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. 2012 Mar;30(1):3–9. doi: 10.3109/02813432.2011.629149

Table I.

Prescription quality.

Group A
Group B
Group C
Baseline 12 months p-value Baseline 12 months p-value Baseline 12 months p-value p-value overall
Number of drugs per patient (median) 8.0 9.0 0.029 10.0 11.0 0.655 10.0 10.0 0.454 0.382
Number of drug-risk indicators per patient (median) 2.0 2.0 0.181 2.0 2.0 0.813 2.0 2.0 0.401 0.444
Number of medication errors per patient (median) 5.0 2.0 0.099 3.0 2.0 0.031 3.0 3.0 0.862 0.331
Proportion of correct medication lists (%) 10.0 18.0 0.130 4.0 13.0 0.029 8.0 12.0 0.371 0.614
Proportion of patients with interactions of C type (%) 60.6 57.8 0.135 43.9 48.7 0.327 42.4 48.5 0.705 0.788
Proportion of patients with interactions of D type (%) 3.0 3.0 0.655 2.6 7.7 0.317 21.2 6.1 0.096 0.088