Table 4

Percentage of patients who were adherent (refill adherence) per general practicea) and correlations between drugsb)

Type of drug

Proportion of adherent patients

95% CI interval

Correlations between drugs (for practices > 10 patients)

N


Antihyper- tensives

Antidepressants


Hypoglycemics

90.7

73–98%

0.53*

0.39*

65

Antihypertensives

86.7

74–95%

0.24

72

Antidepressants

77.9

65–83%

69


* p < 0.01

a) estimated with a multilevel model (empty model)

b) estimated at the practice level

van Dijk et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:51   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-51

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