Table 4 Number and proportion (1-year prevalence and last year first incidence) of chronic pain patients' prescriptions of reimbursed opioidsa before and after intervention in municipalities in Central and Northern Norway
From: Can academic detailing reduce opioid prescriptions in chronic non-cancer pain?
Before intervention | After Intervention | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of users (chronic pain) | 1-year prevalence per 1000 (chronic pain) | Total number of DDD per user per year (mean) | Number of incident individuals (chronic pain) | 1-year incidence per 1000 (chronic pain) | Number of users (chronic pain) | 1-year prevalence per 1000 (chronic pain) | Total number of DDD per user per year (mean) | Number of incident individuals (chronic pain) | 1-year incidence per 1000 (chronic pain) | P number of users intervention versus non intervention | P number of incident users intervention versus non intervention | |
Central Norway | ||||||||||||
municipalities with intervention | 960 | 5,4 | 207 | 289 | 0.8 | 919 | 5,2 | 220 | 186 | 0.5 | ||
p | 0.171 | 0.007 | ||||||||||
municipalities without intervention | 919 | 4,5 | 193 | 278 | 0.7 | 964 | 4,7 | 191 | 255 | 0.6 | ||
Northern Norway | ||||||||||||
municipalities with intervention | 289 | 2,9 | 185 | 93 | 0.5 | 313 | 3,1 | 166 | 92 | 0.5 | ||
p | 0.637 | 0.952 | ||||||||||
municipalities without intervention | 576 | 3,1 | 206 | 188 | 0.5 | 592 | 3,2 | 193 | 181 | 0.5 | ||