Table 4 The relative frequency of prescribing selected categories of drugs at least once for registered cases with Asthma by count of clinical encounters (visits) during the two years study period
Count of visits-categories | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Single visit | 2–5 | 6–9 | 10+ | Total | ||||||
At least once prescribed | N (total n = 3271) | % | N (Total n = 5448) | % | N (Total n = 1951) | % | N (Total n = 1394) | % | N (total n = 12,064) | % |
Anti-histamine | 186 | 5.7 | 1022 | 18.8 | 715 | 36.6 | 819 | 58.8 | 2742 | 22.7 |
Adrenergic bronchodilators | 734 | 22.4 | 3132 | 57.5 | 1745 | 89.4 | 1361 | 97.6 | 6972 | 57.8 |
Steroid medications | 302 | 9.2 | 1654 | 30.4 | 1087 | 55.7 | 1045 | 75.0 | 4088 | 33.9 |
Leukotriene receptor antagonist | 61 | 1.9 | 328 | 6.0 | 236 | 12.1 | 278 | 19.9 | 903 | 7.5 |