Table 1.

Antibiotics prescribed before and after the guidelines were published

	Before the guidelines were introduced (n = 2,692)	After the guidelines were introduced (n = 1,867)	Total (n = 4,559)
Period	2007- 2010	2011-2013
Antibiotics prescribed, n (%)	2,201 (82%)	1,507 (81%)	3,708 (81%)
Amoxicillin, n (%)	716 (33%)	479 (32%)	1,195 (32%)
Amoxicillin–clavulanate, n (%)	1,131 (51%)	755 (50%)	1,886 (51%)
Cefuroxime axetil, n (%)	235 (10%)	159 (11%)	394 (11%)
Macrolides, n (%)	48 (2%)	39 (3%)	87 (2%)
Antibiotics prescribed in the various age classes
<=2, n (%)	1,135 (86%)	731 (84%)	2,184 (48%)
2-6, n (%)	790 (77%)	540 (78%)	1,715 (38%)
> = 6, n (%)	276 (78%)	236 (77%)	660 (14%)