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Table 5 Number of patients with class of AD prescriptions made by provider and area

From: Antidepressant prescription practice and related factors in Switzerland: a cross-sectional analysis of health claims data

 

Providera

GP

N (%)

Psychiatrist

N (%)

Other Specialist

N (%)

Hospital ambulatory

N (%)

Combination of providers N (%)

χ2 (df)

P-value

All ADs

56,669 (53.6)

17,832 (16.9)

6374 (6.0)

7589 (7.2)

17.199 (16.3)

782.00 (4)

< 0.001

 Urban

43,302 (76.4)

15,261 (85.6)

5324 (83.5)

6069 (80.0)

13.694 (79.6)

  

 Rural

13,367 (23.6)

2571 (14.4)

1050 (16.5)

1520 (20.0)

3.505 (20.4)

  

SSRIs

24,614 (23.3)

8230 (7.8)

2636 (2.5)

3296 (3.1)

16.460 (29.8)

389.73 (4)

< 0.001

 Urban

18,875 (76.7)

7097 (86.2)

2222 (84.3)

2641 (80.1)

13.111 (79.7)

  

 Rural

5739 (23.3)

1133 (13.8)

414 (15.7)

655 (19.9)

3.349 (20.3)

  

TCA

6130 (5.8)

1134 (1.1)

936 (0.9)

798 (0.8)

4.710 (34.4)

30.38 (4)

< 0.001

 Urban

4727 (77.1)

946 (83.4)

768 (82.1)

629 (78.8)

3.674 (78.0)

  

 Rural

1403 (22.9)

188 (16.6)

168 (17.9)

169 (21.2)

1.036 (22.0)

  

MAOIs

56 (0.1)

60 (0.1)

9 (0.001)

13 (0.001)

117 (45.9)

2.78 (4)

0.595

 Urban

48 (81.4)

49 (81.7)

9 (100.0)

10 (76.9)

91 (78.1)

  

 Rural

11 (18.6)

11 (18.3)

0 (0.0)

3 (23.1)

26 (21.9)

  

Others

22,586 (21.4)

7181 (6.8)

3002 (2.8)

4075 (3.9)

17.127 (31,7)

218.25 (4)

< 0.001

 Urban

17,317 (76.7)

6026 (83.9)

2488 (82.9)

3255 (79.9)

13.580 (79.3)

  

 Rural

5269 (23.3)

1155 (16.1)

514 (17.1)

820 (20.1)

3547 (20.7)

  
  1. χ2 Chi square, GP General Practitioner; aThe provider type refers to patients with prescriptions made by this type of provider only; Chi-square-tests are related to the overall test of association between provider type and area of residence (urban vs. rural); See Methods section for further definitions of variables