Low-value chronic prescription of acid reducing medication among Dutch general practitioners: impact of a patient education intervention

Table 3 Cohort characteristics of both the control and interventions groups

Variables	Control group				Intervention group
	2021		2022		2021		2022
	No. of patients with a chronic prescription	No. of patients with a low-value chronic prescription	No. of patients with a chronic prescription	No. of patients with a low-value chronic prescription	No. of patients with a chronic prescription	No. of patients with a low-value chronic prescription	No. of patients with a chronic prescription	No. of patients with a low-value chronic prescription
*No. of patients with a chronic ARMs prescription*	1,982	996 (50.3%)	1,894	942 (49.7%)	1,733	889 (51.3%)	1,694	899 (53.1%)
% female	54.1%	54.6%	53.3%	54.8%	62.2%	54.7%	54.8%	56.1%
No. of patients per age category
0–49	229	225	229	227	155	152	165	163
50–59	299	291	258	255	275	271	270	266
60–69	456	328	438	302	452	333	435	326
70–79	555	152	560	158	487	133	492	144
80 +	443	0	409	0	364	0	332	0
No. of patients per SES category
Lowest	359	178	315	164	587	335	545	324
Below average	269	139	545	241	319	158	298	160
Average	678	327	392	183	146	93	131	77
Above average	339	158	294	142	601	266	636	298
Highest	337	194	348	212	80	37	84	40

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