Issues around the Prescription of Half Tablets in Northern Switzerland: The Irrational Case of Quetiapine

Table 1

Fragments and half quetiapine tablets by home () as frequency and as proportion of the total number of fragments (). The cantons are given by their official abbreviations: BE, Bern: BS, Basel-Stadt; AG, Aargau; SO, Solothurn; BL, Basel-Landschaft; LU, Lucerne; ZH, Zurich; SG, St. Gallen; GR, Grisons.

Home ID	Number of fragments (%)	Number of half quetiapine tablets (%)	Cantons
			BE	BS	AG	SO	BL	LU	ZH	SG	GR
1	48300 (11.9)	409 (0.1)	x
2	28255 (6.9)	1142 (0.3)	x
3	22835 (5.6)	2445 (0.6)	x
4	22415 (5.5)	578 (0.1)		x
5	21996 (5.4)	988 (0.2)			x
6	21178 (5.2)	3699 (0.9)		x
7	20853 (5.1)	2478 (0.6)		x
8	20840 (5.1)	458 (0.1)				x
9	19557 (4.8)	3862 (0.9)					x
10	18992 (4.7)	1597 (0.4)			x
11	16065 (3.9)	778 (0.2)						x
12	15756 (3.9)	1774 (0.4)			x
13	14568 (3.6)		x
14	14517 (3.6)	862 (0.2)					x
15	13368 (3.3)	21 (0.01)	x
16	11539 (2.8)	854 (0.2)							x
17	10083 (2.5)	2133 (0.5)		x
18	9861 (2.4)	582 (0.1)		x
19	5963 (1.5)							x
20	5868 (1.4)					x
21	4990 (1.2)		x
22	4968 (1.2)				x
23	4466 (1.1)						x
24	3518 (0.9)	775 (0.2)		x
25	3124 (0.8)						x
26	2526 (0.6)	523 (0.1)							x
27	2480 (0.6)					x
28	2435 (0.6)					x
29	2334 (0.6)									x
30	1456 (0.4)					x
31	1427 (0.4)						x
32	1078 (0.3)			x
33	1004 (0.2)		x
34	980 (0.2)	28 (0.01)		x
35	905 (0.2)					x
36	890 (0.2)					x
37	836 (0.2)	126 (0.03)							x
38	771 (0.2)					x
39	751 (0.2)	223 (0.1)			x
40	719 (0.2)							x
41	514 (0.1)							x
42	414 (0.1)					x
43	291 (0.1)					x
44	276 (0.1)							x
45	267 (0.1)				x
46	224 (0.1)				x
47	159 (<0.1)				x
48	133 (<0.1)					x
49	125 (<0.1)								x
50	39 (<0.1)		x
51	19 (<0.1)										x
52	14 (<0.1)			x
53	14 (<0.1)		x
Total	406,956 (100%)	26,356 (6.5%)	8	9	8	11	5	5	3	1	1