Table 1.

Numbers of examined children with URTI by diagnosis, antibiotic consumption, and CU index by district and period

Intervention	Larnaca		Limassol
	Preintervention	Postintervention	Preintervention	Postintervention
No. of URTI visits
Viral URTI	6,682	7,752	10,545	8,545
AOMa	2,132	2,178	3,531	2,518
Pharyngitis and tonsillitis	2,461	2,849	4,247	3,020
Rhinitis	1,683	2,018	2,432	1,965
Laryngitis	766	1,198	2,512	2,426
Sinusitis	180	273	484	430
Total	13,904	16,268	23,751	18,904
Antibiotic consumption (DDD)	12,919.7	11,430.1	31,841.7	29,428.8
CU index (IQR)	0.929 (0.873–0.985)	0.703 (0.657–0.768)	1.341 (1.182–1.516)	1.557 (1.361–1.780)

^aAOM, acute otitis media.