Prescription of benzodiazepines to previous users in the first year after admission | Prescription of benzodiazepines to new users in the first year after admission | |||||||
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Moderate-high doses <584 DDDa N = 4113 | Very high doses ≥584 DDDa N = 2026 | Moderate-high doses <584 DDDa N = 2415 | Very high doses ≥584 DDDa N = 151 | |||||
Benzodiazepine type | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Alprazolam | 398 | 9.7 | 287 | 14.2 | 200 | 8.2 | 32 | 21.2 |
Bromazepam | 303 | 7.4 | 450 | 22.2 | 101 | 4.2 | 30 | 19.9 |
Chlordiazepoxide | 692 | 16.8 | 189 | 9.3 | 624 | 25.8 | 20 | 13.2 |
Clonazapam | 739 | 18.0 | 252 | 12.4 | 305 | 12.6 | 14 | 9.3 |
Diazepam | 1224 | 29.8 | 914 | 45.1 | 484 | 20.0 | 50 | 33.1 |
Flunitrazepam | 82 | 2.0 | 201 | 9.9 | 46 | 1.9 | 18 | 11.9 |
Nitrazepam | 756 | 18.4 | 1087 | 53.7 | 393 | 16.3 | 110 | 72.8 |
Oxazepam | 1284 | 31.2 | 329 | 16.2 | 692 | 28.7 | 43 | 28.5 |
Other | 186 | 4.5 | 188 | 9.3 | 104 | 4.3 | 13 | 8.6 |
Totalb | 5664 | 137.7 | 3897 | 192.3 | 2949 | 122.1 | 330 | 218.5 |
Multiple | 1202 | 29.2 | 1257 | 62.0 | 449 | 18.6 | 101 | 66.9 |