Table 4.
Appropriate empirical antibioticsa | Total treatment duration | |||||
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Percent | P-value | SE | Days | P-value | SE | |
Intercept β0 | 68.3 | 5.3 | 11.5 | 0.4 | ||
Trend before intervention β1 | −1.3 | ns | 0.9 | −0.07 | ns | 0.1 |
Effect one month after intervention β2 | 14.1 | ns | 8.5 | −1.4 | 0.04 | 0.9 |
Effect six month after intervention β2 | 45.4 | 0.002 | 11.0 | 0.57 | ns | 0.8 |
Trend change after intervention β3 | 4.1 | 0.02 | 2.9 | 0.27 | 0.03 | 0.14 |
Trends pre- and post intervention, and effect of the intervention on prescribing one and six months after the intervention (level change) are reported
aComprise benzylpenicillin in monotherapy, benzylpenicillin in combination with gentamicin, or amoxicillin/ampicillin, ns; data is considered non-significant when P > 0.05, SE Standard error