Characteristics and Trends in Hypnotics Consumption in the Largest Health Care System in Israel

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Medication group type</td><td class="align_center" colspan="3">Change in dosage</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Decrease</td><td class="align_center">No change</td><td class="align_center">Increase</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Benzodiazepines</td><td class="align_center">5.0%</td><td class="align_center">85.7%</td><td class="align_center">9.3%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Antidepressant</td><td class="align_center">3.7%</td><td class="align_center">88.7%</td><td class="align_center">7.6%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Z drugs</td><td class="align_center">2.4%</td><td class="align_center">88.9%</td><td class="align_center">8.7%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Change tendency in the amount of sleep medications (dosage) consumption in patients consuming hypnotics for more than 6 months, according to medication group type (2000).

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Table 7: Characteristics and Trends in Hypnotics Consumption in the Largest Health Care System in Israel 