Table 2.
Frequency that physicians normally prescribe/recommend management strategies for older adults with clinically diagnosed CAP.
| Family Physicians | ER Physicians | ||||||
| Management Strategy | Always % | Usually % | Combined % | Always % | Usually % | Combined % | P-value* |
| Analgesics / antipyretics | 14.5 | 66.1 | 80.6 | 8.3 | 83.3 | 91.6 | >0.05 |
| Follow-up chest x-ray | 38.1 | 39.7 | 77.8 | 8.3 | 50.0 | 58.3 | >0.05 |
| Follow-up appointment (24–48 hrs) | 21.0 | 41.9 | 62.9 | 33.3 | 58.3 | 91.6 | >0.05 |
| Hydration | 19.4 | 40.3 | 59.7 | 25.0 | 41.7 | 66.7 | >0.05 |
| Respiratory therapy | 1.6 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 8.3 | 25.0 | 33.3 | >0.05 |
| Oxygen therapy | 1.6 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 41.7 | 50.0 | <0.001 |
| Referral to ER | 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | - |
| Referral to physician specialist | 0.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 0.00 | 16.7 | 16.7 | >0.05 |
| Hospital admission | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | <0.05 |
| Home care services | |||||||
| Nursing care | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | >0.05 |
| Nutrition assessment | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | >0.05 |
| Homemaking | 0.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | >0.05 |
| IV antibiotic therapy | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | >0.05 |
*Comparison of "combined" percentages.