Table 3 Percentage (%) of prescriptions requiring IV injections and infusions and average expenditure per prescription for upper respiratory tract infection

Percentage of prescriptions requiring IV injection (%)

All

90.00

86.17

81.82

77.89

1.66 (-5.50, 8.83)

0.649

1.23 (-3.82, 6.28)

0.633

Male

90.01

85.75

82.29

78.30

2.05 (-5.77, 9.86)

0.608

1.36 (-4.68, 7.39)

0.659

Female

89.97

86.62

81.34

77.49

1.22 (-5.62, 8.08)

0.725

1.22 (-3.18, 5.62)

0.587

Percentage of prescriptions requiring infusion (%)

All

89.76

85.87

81.45

77.64

1.82 (-5.59, 9.23)

0.630

1.37 (-3.93, 6.67)

0.612

Male

89.81

85.39

81.83

78.02

2.38 (-5.52, 10.27)

0.555

1.72 (-4.32, 7.76)

0.577

Female

89.71

86.39

81.06

77.28

1.20 (-6.00, 8.41)

0.743

1.14 (-3.73, 6.02)

0.645

Average expenditure per prescription (¥ Yuan)

All

27.53

41.21

29.72

37.82

-12.80 (-41.77, 16.17)

0.363

-1.21 (-16.33, 13.90)

0.867

Male

27.60

40.38

29.39

37.74

-10.10 (-38.04, 17.85)

0.455

0.60 (-14.37, 15.57)

0.933

Female

27.46

42.09

30.06

37.89

-15.64 (-45.97, 14.69)

0.290

-3.00 (-18.76, 12.77)

0.692