Table 2 Answers related to off-label use at the individual hospital.
From: Off-label use in germany - a current appraisal of gynaecologic university departments
Answers | Number of physicians (n) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Kind of physician, who administers off-label drugs most commonly (point of physicians view) | 56 (assistant medical directors) | 86 |
24 (interns) | 66 | |
Frequency of using off-label | 31 (daily) | 48 |
medicaments | 23 (weekly) | 35 |
11 (rare exception) | 17 | |
Kind of procedure - going along with off-label: | ||
-product information | 36 | |
-technical literature | 55 | 55 |
-educational advertising | 61 | 85 |
-none | 94 | |
Most commonly used off-label medicaments: | ||
-Uterotonics | 22 | 34 |
-Tocolytics | 18 | 28 |
-Chemotherapeutics | 15 | 23 |