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Table. 5.

Table. 5.

Unused Medicines by Subject Characteristics

Variables Unused medicines due to duplication of pharmacologically equivalent groups (A) Unused medicines due to deaths (B) Total unused medicines (A+B)
Days of duplication Duplication days per prescription Days of unused medicines Unused medicine days per prescription Total days of unused medicines Days per prescription Proportion due to duplication (%) Proportion due to death (%)
Total 904,904 13.0 2,191,923 75.5 3,096,827 31.5 29.2 70.8
Sex Female 228,989 13.7 676,824 81.7 905,813 36.2 25.3 74.7
Male 675,915 12.8 1,515,099 73.0 2,191,014 29.9 30.8 69.2
Age 65~74 92,630 13.5 127,828 84.0 220,458 26.4 42.0 58.0
75~84 397,361 13.3 760,256 82.7 1,157,617 29.6 34.3 65.7
85~94 370,822 12.8 1,078,607 73.4 1,449,429 33.1 25.6 74.4
95+ 44,091 12.4 225,232 62.4 269,323 37.5 16.4 83.6
Grade of long-term care insurance Grade 1 65,860 12.6 306,167 69.2 372,027 38.6 17.7 82.3
Grade 2 171,388 12.6 585,137 73.8 756,525 35.2 22.7 77.3
Grade 3 358,334 13.3 821,028 78.5 1,179,362 31.5 30.4 69.6
Grade 4 285,045 13.0 451,722 77.0 736,767 26.6 38.7 61.3
Grade 5 20,805 13.4 25,238 78.1 46,043 24.5 45.2 54.8
Grade 6 3,472 15.7 2,631 90.7 6,103 24.4 56.9 43.1
Yakhak Hoeji 2022;66:364-73 https://doi.org/10.17480/psk.2022.66.6.364
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