Table 3.
Consultations and antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 patient years (PY) in different RTI diagnoses, years 2008, 2010, 2013
| 2008 | 2010 | 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consultations per 1000 PY | Antibiotic prescription per 1000 PY | Prescribing rate per diagnosis, (%) | Consultations per 1000 PY | Antibiotic prescription per 1000 PY | Prescribing rate per diagnosis, (%) | Consultations per 1000 PY | Antibiotic prescription per 1000 PY | Prescribing rate per diagnosis, (%) | ||
| Upper respiratory tract infections | Common cold | 103 | 12 | 11,8 | 101 | 8 | 7,8 | 86 | 4 | 4,5 |
| Sore throata | 42 | 28 | 67,7 | 38 | 23 | 61,4 | 29 | 18 | 59,7 | |
| AOMb | 27 | 23 | 84,5 | 24 | 20 | 80,6 | 16 | 12 | 74,9 | |
| Sinusitis | 17 | 14 | 81,0 | 15 | 11 | 70,9 | 12 | 7 | 60,6 | |
| Lower respiratory tract infections | Cough | 24 | 2 | 8,3 | 30 | 2 | 6,5 | 28 | 1 | 4,0 |
| COPD | 11 | 2 | 14,5 | 17 | 2 | 11,1 | 28 | 2 | 7,8 | |
| Acute bronchitis | 22 | 13 | 59,7 | 22 | 10 | 45,4 | 18 | 5 | 26,2 | |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 7 | 66,2 | 11 | 7 | 61,9 | 11 | 7 | 62,5 | |
| Influenza | 2 | 0,1 | 6,3 | 1 | 0,1 | 7,4 | 4 | 0,1 | 3,3 | |
| Totalc | 258 | 101 | 259 | 83 | 232 | 55 | ||||
aSore throat comprises the diagnosis tonsillitis, pharyngitis and mononucleosis, quinsy and scarlet fever.bAcute Otitis Media (AOM) cTotal values for RTIs add up to higher values than RTIs in Table 2 due to inclusion of some diagnoses from chapter 1 of ICD-code system