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Table 7 Ratio of multimorbid patients prescribed hypnotics/anxiolytics to all multimorbid patients according to level of multimorbidity

From: Multimorbidity and use of hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs: cross-sectional and follow-up study in primary healthcare in Iceland

No. of conditions

No. of multimorbid patients prescribed hypnotics/anxiolytics

All multimorbid

patients

Ratio

2+

26,215

78,160

0.33

3+

21,573

50,554

0.43

4+

16,471

32,165

0.51

5+

11,581

19,664

0.59

6+

7,608

11,714

0.65

7+

4,657

6,593

0.71

  1. The number of chronic conditions in the group of patients prescribed hypnotics/anxiolytics and the total population of multimorbid patients as well as the ratio between the groups
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BMC Primary Care

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