Table 5.
Results of mixed effects models pre-intervention year and intervention yeara
| Year prior to the intervention | Calendar quarter | |
|---|---|---|
| Odds Ratios (95 % confidence Intervals) | ||
| Antibiotic for non-antibiotic appropriate ARI diagnoses | 6.34 (3.49–11.5)* | 1.01 (0.90–1.14) |
| Antibiotic for potentially-antibiotic-appropriate ARI diagnoses | 2.40 (1.69–3.42)* | 1.11 (1.03–1.20)** |
| Antibiotic for other ARIs diagnoses or symptoms of interest | 1.59 (1.10–2.29)*** | 0.98 (0.90–1.06) |
| Antibiotic for all three combined | 2.28 (1.83–2.83)* | 1.03 (0.98–1.08) |
ARI acute respiratory infection
* p < 0.001
** p <0.01
** p < 0.05
aModels predicting antibiotic prescribing include a pre-intervention year variable and a continuous variable for calendar quarter as fixed effects, and clinician as random effects. Analyses are exploratory