Table 2.
Re-attendance after first consultation event.
| Acute otitis media events (n = 322 108) | Glue ear events (n = 63 808) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescribed antibiotics at first event | Prescribed antibiotics at first event | |||||
| Yes (%) | No (%) | Total (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Total (%) | |
| All patients | 40.2 | 36.6 | 39.5 | 17.6 | 22.3 | 20.4 |
| Age group | ||||||
| <2 years | 63.9 | 59.6 | 63.3 | 24.91 | 30.4 | 27.1 |
| ≥2 years | 34.1 | 31.9 | 33.7 | 16.5 | 21.8 | 19.8 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 41.7 | 37.8 | 41.0 | 18.6 | 23.1 | 21.3 |
| Female | 38.8 | 35.4 | 38.2 | 16.7 | 21.5 | 19.6 |
| High prescribing GP surgery | ||||||
| No | 39.0 | 36.4 | 38.5 | 17.6 | 22.5 | 21.0 |
| Yes | 43.0 | 38.1 | 42.5 | 17.5 | 20.2 | 18.3 |
| Index of multiple deprivation score | ||||||
| Low (2.16–13.47) | 41.7 | 37.3 | 41.0 | 19.6 | 23.2 | 21.7 |
| Medium (13.48–30.34) | 40.0 | 38.0 | 39.7 | 17.4 | 23.1 | 20.9 |
| High (>30.35) | 39.0 | 35.1 | 38.2 | 16.2 | 21.1 | 19.1 |
| Referral within 1 month | ||||||
| None | 40.1 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 17.2 | 21.7 | 19.9 |
| ENT/audiology department | 45.5 | 38.3 | 43.3 | 37.3 | 33.3 | 34.0 |
ENT = ear, nose and throat.