Table 2.
Numbers of Orders per Physician in the Intervention and Control Groups
Order Type | Control | Intervention | P Value (Wilcoxon) |
---|---|---|---|
Initiate (n) | 1911 | 1345 | — |
Renew (n) | 1392 | 888 | — |
Total orders (n) | 3303 | 2233 | — |
Initiate orders per prescriber | 9.6 ± 14.5 4.0 (1.0-12)* | 6.8 ± 9.5 3.0 (1.0-9.0)+ | 0.03 |
Renewal orders per prescriber | 7.0 ± 16.2 0.0 (0.0-5.0)* | 4.5 ± 11.3 0.0 (0.0-3.0)* | 0.16 |
Total orders per prescriber | 16.7 ± 29.2 5.0 (1.0-15)* | 11.3 ± 19.9 3.0 (1.0-11)* | 0.04 |
Numbers represent the mean with the standard deviation followed by the median with the 25-75% quartiles in parentheses.