Table 4:

Resident antibiotic prescribing rates compared to staff prescribing in two family medicine clinics in Toronto between 2015 and 2016, for select infections, and compared to expert recommended prescribing

				Expert recommended antibiotic prescribing rates, %
Infection type	Resident antibiotic prescribing rate, no./n (%) [95% CI*]	Staff antibiotic prescribing rate, no./n (%) [95% CI]	p-value	Ontario (Wu et al, 2019)	England (Smith et al, 2018)
Uncomplicated URI†	8/159 (5.0) [2.2% to 9.7%]	9/128 (7.0) [3.3% to 12.9%]	0.48	0	0
Sinusitis	34/77 (44.2) [32.8% to 55.9%]	42/52 (80.8) [67.5% to 90.4%]	<0.01	18	11
Pharyngitis/sore throat	14/49 (28.6) [16.6% to 43.3%]	11/42 (26.2) [13.9% to 42.0%]	0.80	28	13
Bronchitis	1/28 (3.6) [0.0% to 18.4%]	14/41 (34.2) [20.1% to 50.6%]	<0.01	8	13
Pneumonia	23/43 (53.5) [37.7% to 68.8%]	17/27 (63.0) [42.4% to 80.6%]	0.44	100	-
Cystitis	85/107 (79.4) [70.5% to 86.6%]	71/95 (74.7) [64.8% to 83.1%]	0.43	95	75
Other*†	4/124 (3.2) [0.9% to 8.1%]	5/127 (3.9) [1.3% to 9.0%]	1.0	0	10

^* Other includes influenza, cough, viral illness, and other urinary

^† Different conditions included in “other” category for the two expert recommended papers