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. 2018 Sep 27;6(3):e11021. doi: 10.2196/11021

Table 1.

Backgrounds of the prescriptions used in this study (N=42,120).

Hospital/ clinic Specialty Main patient characteristics Prescriptions, n (%)
A Otolaryngology

  • Elderly

  • Dizziness

  • Tinnitus

  • Hearing loss

 18,273 (43.38)
B General medicine; cardiology

  • Elderly

  • Heart disease

  • Hypertension

 5356 (12.72)
C General medicine; gastroenterology; cardiology

  • Elderly

  • Digestive tract diseases

  • Circulatory diseases

 537 (1.27)
D General medicine; Kampoa medicine

  • Elderly

  • Kampoa medicines (for >half of the patients)

 989 (2.35)
E Neuropsychiatry

  • Wide range of age-groups

 377 (0.90)
F Neuropsychiatry

  • Wide range of age-groups

 563 (1.34)
G Obstetrics and gynecology

  • Gynecological conditions

 649 (1.54)
H Obstetrics and gynecology

  • Infertility treatment

 4206 (9.99)
I Breast surgery

  • Breast cancer patients visiting for diagnosis and postoperative care

 2608 (6.19)
Otherb Various

  • Various

 8562 (20.33)

aThe word “Kampo” means herbal medicine in Japanese. The term “Kampo Shoseiryuto” is commonly used to treat watery nasal discharge, nasal congestion, watery sputum, and sneezing.

bThese are medical institutions that are not the major clinics “A” to “I” from which this pharmacy receives prescriptions.