From: Economic impact of homeopathic practice in general medicine in France
Type of prescription | CM group | Mx group | Ho group | p |
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(N = 1691) | (N = 3187) | (N = 1501) | ||
Prescriptions containing only homeopathic medicines, n (%) | 1 (0.1) | 49 (1.8) | 342 (24.9) | <0.0001 |
Prescriptions containing only non-homeopathic medicines, n (%) | 1345 (91.1) | 2310 (83.4) | 397 (28.9) | <0.0001 |
Mixed prescriptions, n (%) | 8 (0.5) | 157 (5.7) | 440 (32.0) | <0.0001 |
Mean [SD] no. of drugs per prescription | 3.1 [2.1] | 2.8 [1.9] | 3.5 [2.2] | <0.0001 |
Mean [SD] no. of non-reimbursable drugs per prescription | 0.2 [0.4] | 0.2 [0.5] | 0.3 [0.6] | <0.0001 |
Mean [SD] no. of drugs with 35 % reimbursement rate per prescription | 0.7 [0.9] | 0.8 [1.1] | 2.0 [1.9] | <0.0001 |
Mean [SD] no. of drugs with 65 % reimbursement rate per prescription | 2.2 [1.9] | 1.9 [1.6] | 1.1 [1.5] | <0.0001 |