Table 5.
Frequency of medicine use and average pharmaceutical cost by multimorbidity groups
| Medicine | Factor 1 Cardiovascular | Factor 2 Osteoarticular (%) | Factor 3 Mental (%) | Factor 4 Respiratory (%) | Factor 5 Metabolic | Factor 6 Neoplasm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (%) | (%) | ||||||
| Insulins | N (%) | 6.8 % | 6.5 % | 7.8 % | 8.2 % | 7.5 % | 8.3 % |
| Insulins | Pharmaceutical expenditure (€) | 122.4 | 118.1 | 133.5 | 139.9 | 146.6 | 125.6 |
| (standard deviation) | (307.1) | (298.7) | (314.3) | (330.2) | (361.5) | (296.7) | |
| Secretagogue OADs | N (%) | 32.9 % | 32.5 % | 31.7 % | 30.5 % | 32.8 % | 30.9 % |
| Secretagogues | Pharmaceutical expenditure (€) | 16.0 | 16.4 | 15.3 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 15.2 |
| (standard deviation) | (24.0) | (24.6) | (23.2) | (22.9) | (22.0) | (23.9) | |
| Nonsecretagogue OADs | N (%) | 10.9 % | 10.6 % | 10.3 % | 10.4 % | 10.5 % | 10.2 % |
| Non | Pharmaceutical expenditure (€) | 226.2 | 213.5 | 206.3 | 202.0 | 239.6 | 191.1 |
| secretagogues | (standard deviation) | (362.6) | (352.4) | (349.3) | (342.3) | (415.3) | (328.8) |
| Strips | N (%) | 31.5 % | 31.8 % | 33.9 % | 31.7 % | 32.5 % | 37.0 % |
| Strips | Pharmaceutical expenditure (€) | 222.8 | 227.8 | 235.6 | 241.4 | 246.3 | 225.1 |
| (standard deviation) | (192.7) | (192.8) | (200.2) | (203.4) | (217.0) | (191.5) | |
| Average total cost | Pharmaceutical expenditure (€) | 1,441.0 | 1,645.5 | 1,816.7 | 2,123.1 | 1,540.6 | 1,968.9 |
| (standard deviation) | (1,290.4) | (1,357.0) | (1,570.6) | (1,590.1) | (1,421.9) | (1,685.8) | |