Table 2.
Patients co-prescribed antiplatelets, anticoagulants or SSRIs
Audit 1 | Audit 2 | P value (Χ2 test) | |||
N | % | N | % | ||
Antiplatelet | 9719 | 10.7 | 7066 | 9.5 | <0.001 |
Anticoagulant | 2122 | 2.3 | 1641 | 2.2 | ns |
SSRI | 5843 | 6.4 | 4426 | 6.0 | <0.001 |
Any 1 or more of the medicine classes above | 16 999* | 18.6 | 12 807* | 17.3 | <0.001 |
*Some instances where more than one medicine class concurrently prescribed.
ns, not significant; SSRIs, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.