Secondary outcome measures | Urban area (n = 64) | Rural area (n = 78) | Island area (n = 71) | P a |
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Initial treatment (n, %): | ||||
Non-pharmacological | 14 (21.9) | 8 (10.3) | 18 (25.4) | 0.043 |
Pharmacological | 50 (78.1) | 70 (89.7) | 52 (73.2) | |
No data | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | |
Prescribing first medication (n, %): | ||||
Physician | 51 (79.7) | 74 (94.9) | 62 (87.3) | 0.020 |
Medical specialist | 13 (20.3) | 4 (5.1) | 8 (11.3) | |
No data | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | |
Sick leave days beacause of arterial hypertension (mean, 95% CI) | ||||
Total number of daysb | 1.8 (0.0–4.2) | 3.6 (0.0–10.0) | 1.2 (0.0–2.6) | 0.692c |
Proportion (n, %) of patients with prescribed medications from the List(s)d | ||||
Basic | 35 (64.8) | 49 (70.0) | 36 (60.0) | 0.286 |
Supplementary | 11 (20.4) | 6 (8.6) | 9 (15.0) | |
Basic + Supplementary | 8 (14.8) | 15 (21.4) | 15 (25.0) | |
Total price for DDD per patient (median, HRK, interquartile range)e | ||||
Total price for DDD | 0.91 (0.49–1.24) | 0.96 (0.45–1.55) | 1.19 (0.49–2.06) | 0.228f |