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Table 2 Prescription of first migraine preventives by healthcare professionals

From: Persistence, use of resources and costs in patients under migraine preventive treatment: the PERSEC study

 

Non-persistent patients

N = 5,414 (69.4%)

Persistent patients

N = 2,390 (30.6%)

Medical specialty or service, n (%)

 Primary Care

4,093 (75.6%)

1,896 (79.3%)

 Neurology

893 (16.5%)

324 (13.5%)

 Psychiatry

146 (2.7%)

62 (2.6%)

 A&E

65 (1.2%)

24 (1.0%)

 Internal Medicine

27 (0.5%)

12 (0.5%)

 Others

190 (3.5%)

72 (3.0%)

  1. A&E accident & emergency department