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From: Consumption of pharmaceutical drugs in exception region of separation for drug prescribing and dispensing program in South Korea

Fig. 3

Results of the sub-group analysis on the relationships between drug prescribing and dispensing exception regions and drug consumption, by region and time since pharmacy operation. *Statistically significant difference, multilevel linear regression analysis using mixed model. aThe results of the sub-group analysis by pharmacy region, (Metropolitan) Antipyretic; Analgesic; Anti-inflammatory drugs = t: 0.11, df: 6, p-value: 0.9173; Psychotropic drugs = t: −0.44, df: 6, p-value: 0.6755; Adrenal cortical hormones = t: 3.17, df: 6, p-value: 0.0194; Antibiotics = t: −0.08, df: 6, p-value: 0.9388. (Non-metropolitan) Antipyretic; Analgesic; Anti-inflammatory drugs = t: 3.47, df: 86, p-value: 0.0008; Psychotropic drugs = t: −1.11, df: 86, p-value: 0.2710; Adrenal cortical hormones = t: 8.67, df: 86, p-value < 0.0001; Antibiotics = t: −0.40, df: 86, p-value: 0.6922. bThe results of the sub-group analysis by time since pharmacy operation, (Less than 12 months) Antipyretic; Analgesic; Anti-inflammatory drugs = t: 1.68, df: 23, p-value: 0.1061; Psychotropic drugs = t: −0.58, df: 23, p-value: 0.5694; Adrenal cortical hormones = t: 6.85, df: 23, p-value < 0.0001; Antibiotics = t: −0.35, df: 23, p-value: 0.7317. (13–24 months) Antipyretic; Analgesic; Anti-inflammatory drugs = t: 3.08, df: 25, p-value: 0.0050; Psychotropic drugs = t: −0.40, df: 25, p-value: 0.6932; Adrenal cortical hormones = t: 3.31, df: 25, p-value: 0.0029; Antibiotics = t: −2.49, df: 25, p-value: 0.0196. (More than 25 months) Antipyretic; Analgesic; Anti-inflammatory drugs = t: −0.56, df: 86, p-value: 0.5798; Psychotropic drugs = t: −0.26, df: 86, p-value: 0.7928; Adrenal cortical hormones = t: 0.79, df: 86, p-value: 0.4337; Antibiotics = t: −0.40, df: 86, p-value: 0.6922

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