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Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescriptions. Pre- and post-implementation appropriateness with inappropriate encounters stratified by reason for inappropriateness (either nonadherence to national guidelines or nonadherence to local guidelines). Antibiotics were significantly more likely to be appropriate (X 2 = 6.6, P = .04) in the post-implementation period. Percentage reflects percentage of total encounters within pre- or post-implementation groups, respectively.
