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. 2023 Dec 11;5(6):dlad131. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlad131

Table 3.

Total number of patients prescribed an antibiotic, and proportion of patients prescribed the recommended antibiotic for Periods 1, 2 and 3 in intervention and control GPC

GPC 1 GPC 2 GPC 3a Intervention Control
N % N % N % N % N %
R74
acute upper RTI		 Period 1 57 54.39 382 63.61 81 66.67 520 63.08 156 64.74
Period 2 37 67.57 420 71.90b / / 457 71.55b 173 73.41
Period 3 43 53.49 264 68.18 53 60.38 360 65.28 266 72.93
R75
sinusitis		 Period 1 19 57.89 116 44.83 50 40.00 185 44.86 68 45.59
Period 2 35 60.00 108 48.15 / / 143 51.05 64 54.69
Period 3 21 47.62 92 44.57 32 50.00 145 46.21 64 57.81
R76
tonsillitis		 Period 1 56 78.57 213 78.87 55 74.55 324 78.09 130 76.92
Period 2 60 76.67 224 79.46 / / 284 78.87 166 85.54
Period 3 55 76.36 160 81.25 105 83.81 320 81.25 285 84.21
R78
bronchitis		 Period 1 36 50.00 211 36.49 73 46.58 320 40.31 83 56.63
Period 2 30 63.33 142 40.14 / / 172 44.19 107 47.66
Period 3 32 53.13 106 50.94 b 48 39.58 186 48.39 99 53.54
R81
pneumonia		 Period 1 6 100.00 50 42.00 4 0.00 60 45.00 26 57.69
Period 2 7 42.86 39 41.03 / / 46 41.30 22 63.63
Period 3 14 71.43 46 58.70 24 54.17 84 59.52 44 43.18
H71
acute otitis media		 Period 1 12 75.00 207 82.13 16 50.00 235 79.57 81 86.42
Period 2 53 75.47 193 83.94 / / 246 82.11 122 84.43
Period 3 44 93.18 c 187 95.19b,c 71 85.92b 302 92.72b,c 210 84.29
All RTIs Period 1 186 63.98 1179 62.00 279 56.27 1644 61.25 544 66.91
Period 2 222 69.37 1126 68.12b / / 1348 68.32b 654 72.17b
Period 3 209 68.42 855 71.35b 333 68.77 b 1397 70.29b 968 74.38b

Period 1 = September 2017—February 2018; Period 2 = September 2018—February 2019; Period 3 = September 2019—February 2020 = intervention period.

Bold: specific focus on this indication per GPC.

aNo data were available from January 2018 until February 2019. Percentages were calculated from data between September 2017 and December 2017 for Period 1 and from data between September 2019 and December 2019 for Period 3. Percentages could not be calculated for Period 2 due to missing data.

bSignificantly higher percentage of guideline-recommended antibiotics, among the antibiotics prescribed, compared with Period 1 at a 5% significance level.

cSignificantly higher percentage of guideline-recommended antibiotics, among the antibiotics prescribed, compared with Period 2 at a 5% significance level.