Table 2.
Patient, GP, and primary healthcare centre characteristics for all medications and by medication groups
| Variable | All medications (N= 1 678 941) | Drugs for chronic diseases (N= 463 030) | Analgesics (N= 1 110 664) | Penicillins (N= 313 165) |
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| Patient level | ||||
| Sex: female, n (%) | 967 593 (57.63) | 262 365 (56.66) | 653 788 (58.86) | 185 104 (59.11) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 52.66 (19.24) | 61.85 (16.69) | 50.23 (19.17) | 49.06 (19.71) |
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| Area socioeconomic status,an (%) | ||||
| Urban 1 | 233 152 (13.89) | 71 238 (15.39) | 142 558 (12.84) | 39 329 (12.56) |
| Urban 2 | 267 777 (15.95) | 75 316 (16.27) | 173 781 (15.65) | 48 081 (15.35) |
| Urban 3 | 280 554 (16.71) | 77 064 (16.64) | 187 324 (16.87) | 52 233 (16.68) |
| Urban 4 | 295 149 (17.58) | 79 093 (17.08) | 202 112 (18.20) | 55 825 (17.83) |
| Urban 5 | 294 369 (17.53) | 74 687 (16.13) | 208 831 (18.80) | 57 841 (18.47) |
| Rural | 307 940 (18.34) | 85 632 (18.49) | 196 058 (17.65) | 59 856 (19.11) |
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| Nationality, n (%) | ||||
| Spanish | 1 349 005 (80.35) | 417 930 (90.26) | 854 293 (76.92) | 251 006 (80.15) |
| Americanb | 134 965 (8.04) | 19 057 (4.12) | 102 827 (9.26) | 22 919 (7.32) |
| Asian/Oceanian | 35 055 (2.09) | 4090 (0.88) | 28 967 (2.61) | 6177 (1.97) |
| Other European | 59 196 (3.53) | 11 947 (2.58) | 40 198 (3.62) | 11 291 (3.61) |
| African | 100 720 (6.00) | 10 006 (2.16) | 84 379 (7.60) | 21 772 (6.95) |
| Number of comorbidities; grouped,c mean (SD) | 1.91 (1.46) | 2.49 (1.45) | 1.81 (1.45) | 1.84 (1.50) |
| Number of new prescriptions,d mean (SD) | 1.79 (1.07) | 1.19 (0.48) | 1.33 (0.59) | 1.11 (0.35) |
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| GP level, N | 6706 | 5835 | 6512 | 5919 |
| Sex: female, n (%) | 4681 (69.80) | 3990 (68.38) | 4517 (69.36) | 4046 (68.36) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 45.38 (11.35) | 45.68 (11.30) | 45.44 (11.34) | 45.64 (11.30) |
| Assigned GPs, n (%) | 5032 (75.04) | 4503 (77.17) | 4919 (75.54) | 4539 (76.69) |
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| PCC level, N | 291 | 287 | 290 | 288 |
| Training centre, n (%) | 72 (24.74) | 72 (25.09) | 72 (24.83) | 72 (25.00) |
a
Urban categories range from 1 to 5, quintiles of increasing socioeconomic status in urban areas, while rural refers to people who live in rural areas.
b
American covers North, Central and South-Americans.
c
Diseases were recorded according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) and grouped as follows: allergy, pain, respiratory, disability, cardiovascular, mental, neurological, diabetes mellitus, digestive, and thyroid-related diseases.
d
New prescriptions included in the same medication group. PCC = primary care centre.