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. 1998 Nov-Dec;5(6):554–562. doi: 10.1136/jamia.1998.0050554

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.