Table 2.

Prescriptions for T₄ and T₃ in the Dutch population in the period 2005–2011 in %

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Prescriptions for T4
Prescribed by GP	79	81	82	85	88	89	90
Prescribed by specialist	21	19	18	15	12	11	10
Starters on T4
Initiated by GP	62	65	65	67	70	71	72
Initiated by specialist	38	35	35	33	30	29	28
Prescriptions for T3
Prescribed by GP	52	58	58	63	64	66	68
Prescribed by specialist	48	42	42	37	36	34	32
Starters on T3
Initiated by GP	37	41	42	44	45	45	45
Initiated by specialist	63	59	58	56	55	55	55