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Table 5 Type of prescribers (alone or associated with others) in all Pays de la Loire regions (n = 3 658 000) for antipsychotic prescriptions from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014

From: Influence of socioeconomic status on antipsychotic prescriptions among youth in France

Specialty

Only prescriber for a particular patient

Other prescribers are in charge of the patient

Total n = 2706

n

%

n

%

n

%

Hospital any type (mostly paediatricians and psychiatrists)

1252

46.3

729

26.9

1981

73.2

General Practice

309

11.4

581

21.5

890

32.9

Psychiatrist

250

9.2

257

9.5

507

18.7

Paediatrician

15

0.6

26

1.0

41

1.5

Other

9

0.3

52

1.9

61

2.3

No Info

42

1.6

164

6.1

206

7.6

  1. Table is to read by line, and not per columns (for example 507 patients (18.7% of our 2 706 patient’s sample had prescription by a psychiatrist, among them 250 had only one prescriber, and 257 had more then one)