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Table 15: Choice of Low Cost versus High Cost Drug, by ATC-5 and Prescriber Specialty (based on sample of Pharmanet 2008)
Prescriber Speciality
GPs Specialists ALL
N = Total number of prescriptions
n = Number of prescriptions for low cost
Low Cost Low Cost
ATC N n % N n % %
A02BC03 lanzoprazole 12057 7782 64.54 548 264 48.18 63.18
A03AA04 mebeverine 5696 3693 64.83 185 97 52.43 64.08
A07DA03 loperamide 1339 813 60.72 72 41 56.94 60.35
A07EC02 mesalazine 2035 1289 63.34 322 237 73.60 65.81
A10BB09 gliclazide 16849 11890 70.57 539 248 46.01 69.09
Total A Alimentary tract and metabolism 37976 25467 67.06 1666 887 53.24 65.95
C01BC04 flecainide 9543 1256 13.16 960 69 7.19 12.16
C01BD01 amiodarone 16246 3410 20.99 1405 173 12.31 19.71
C02AC05 moxonidine 20872 15891 76.14 1129 768 68.02 75.34
C03BA04 chlortalidone 3602 400 11.10 115 7 6.09 10.80
C03BA11 indapamide 27396 17193 62.76 921 448 48.64 61.87
C03CA01 furosemide 42827 16212 37.85 2466 840 34.06 37.46
C03CA04 torasemide 2695 422 15.66 35 6 17.14 15.70
C03DA01 spironolactone 33697 9817 29.13 1853 461 24.88 28.71
C07AA05 propranolol 32587 1880 5.77 1921 98 5.10 5.70
C07AA07 sotalol 20404 6621 32.45 1362 384 28.19 31.95
C07AB02 metoprolol 35565 590 1.66 1484 26 1.75 1.67
C07AB03 atenolol 34225 15134 44.22 1701 520 30.57 42.99
C07AB04 acebutolol 1822 204 11.20 68 10 14.71 11.44
C07AB07 bisoprolol 140527 121972 86.80 8498 7280 85.67 86.67
C07AB08 celiprolol 7545 1377 18.25 275 40 14.55 18.00