Table 3 The association between prescription change TYPE and hospital admission at different time points before index date

Change in Dosage

946

521

1.4

1.3

1.6

1183

699

1.3

1.2

1.4

1093

597

1.4

1.3

1.6

1162

639

1.4

1.3

1.5

1405

656

1.5

1.4

1.6

Product Switch

211

127

1.6

1.3

2.0

329

187

1.6

1.3

1.9

325

202

1.5

1.3

1.8

349

217

1.5

1.3

1.8

422

245

1.6

1.4

1.8

Generic Brand Switch

114

67

1.7

1.2

2.2

180

93

1.8

1.4

2.3

192

103

1.8

1.4

2.3

219

101

2.1

1.6

2.6

274

91

2.8

2.2

3.5

Therap. Switch

221

100

1.9

1.5

2.4

230

117

1.7

1.4

2.1

256

96

2.3

1.8

2.9

300

111

2.3

1.8

2.8

345

117

2.6

2.1

3.1

Stop

2735

1923

1.3

1.2

1.3

2961

1910

1.3

1.3

1.4

3122

1950

1.4

1.3

1.4

3122

1943

1.4

1.3

1.4

3102

2005

1.3

1.3

1.4

Start

162

61

2.3

1.7

3.0

136

76

1.6

1.3

2.1

157

61

2.3

1.8

3.1

186

75

2.2

1.7

2.8

227

71

2.9

2.2

3.7