Practice A | Practice B | Both practices | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of patients in practice (all ages) | 14 355 | 8486 | 22 841 |
Prescriptions for opioids: including compound drugs | 914 | 734 | 1648 |
non-compound drugs | 389 | 275 | 664 |
Patients prescribed opioids: including compound drugs | 821 (5.7%)a | 667 (7.9%)a | 1488 (6.5%)a |
non-compound drugs | 337 (2.3%) | 246 (2.9%) | 583 (2.6%) |
Patients with estimated daily dose ≥120 mg ME | 34b (2.37)c | 19 (2.24)c | 53 (2.32)c |
as above + use for more than 1 year | 25 (1.74) | 14 (1.65) | 39 (1.71) |
Patients with dose ≥60 mg & <120 mg ME in one drug | 28d (1.95) | 21 (2.47) | 49 (2.15) |
as above + other opioid(s) | 15 (1.04) | 4 (0.47) | 19 (0.83) |
a% of all practice patients prescribed these drugs. bIn this practice there were an additional 4 patients with a cancer diagnosis. cNumber per thousand patients. dIn this practice there was 1 additional patient with a cancer diagnosis.
Results in bold are the main findings of the study.