Table 3

Prevalence of patients experiencing at least one inadequate medication monitoring (composite 2) by patient and practice-level characteristics and multilevel logistic regression unadjusted and adjusted ORs (95% CIs)

Variable (n at risk)% prevalence (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
UnadjustedAdjusted
Age
<25 (2034)96.3 (95.4 to 97.1)11
25–34 (4663)95.9 (95.3 to 96.4)0.80 (0.60 to 1.05)0.85 (0.64 to 1.12)
35–44 (6372)92.9 (92.3 to 93.5)0.45 (0.35 to 0.58)0.52 (0.40 to 0.67)
45–54 (8558)90.4 (89.7 to 91)0.31 (0.25 to 0.40)0.39 (0.30 to 0.50)
55–64 (8274)87.6 (86.9 to 88.3)0.24 (0.19 to 0.30)0.31 (0.24 to 0.40)
65–74 (6051)85.5 (84.5 to 86.3)0.19 (0.15 to 0.25)0.26 (0.20 to 0.34)
>74 (6927)89.1 (88.3 to 89.8)0.28 (0.22 to 0.36)0.40 (0.31 to 0.51)
Sex
Male (17 280)90 (89.6 to 90.5)11
Female (25 599)90.3 (89.9 to 90.7)1.05 (0.98 to 1.13)1.12 (1.05 to 1.20)
Number of drugs on repeat prescription
0 or 1 (4208)95.6 (94.9 to 96.2)11
2–4 (12 283)92.3 (91.8 to 92.8)0.52 (0.44 to 0.62)0.57 (0.48 to 0.68)
5–7 (10 016)89.7 (89.1 to 90.3)0.37 (0.31 to 0.43)0.45 (0.38 to 0.53)
8–10 (7216)88.8 (88.1 to 89.6)0.32 (0.27 to 0.38)0.42 (0.36 to 0.50)
>10 (9156)86.5 (85.8 to 87.2)0.26 (0.22 to 0.30)0.35 (0.29 to 0.41)
List size
<6000 (6829)90.1 (89.4 to 90.8)11
6001–9000 (14 279)91.2 (90.8 to 91.6)1.15 (0.84 to 1.56)1.12 (0.82 to 1.53)
9001–12 000 (10 448)88.3 (87.7 to 88.9)0.82 (0.58 to 1.17)0.83 (0.58 to 1.17)
>12 000 (11 323)90.7 (90.2 to 91.3)0.98 (0.68 to 1.41)1.08 (0.74 to 1.58)
Practice-level index of multiple deprivation quintile
1 least deprived (5653)86.9 (86 to 87.7)11
2 (6799)90 (89.3 to 90.7)1.48 (0.98 to 2.24)1.57 (1.03 to 2.41)
3 (7884)91.5 (90.9 to 92.1)1.88 (1.25 to 2.82)1.87 (1.23 to 2.84)
4 (9904)90.9 (90.4 to 91.5)1.77 (1.20 to 2.63)1.85 (1.23 to 2.76)
5 most deprived (12 639)90.3 (89.8 to 90.8)1.56 (1.06 to 2.29)1.65 (1.11 to 2.46)
Country
England (9790)90.2 (89.9 to 90.8)11
Northern Ireland (2552)85.9 (84.5 to 87.2)0.69 (0.37 to 1.28)0.73 (0.39 to 1.38)
Scotland (18 489)89.7 (89.2 to 90.1)1.11 (0.82 to 1.50)1.14 (0.84 to 1.55)
Wales (12 048)91.9 (91.4 to 92.4)1.25 (0.90 to 1.73)1.28 (0.92 to 1.78)