Table 2.

Antibiotic Prescribing During Outpatient Visits for Acute Respiratory Infections, The Emory Clinic Primary Care, October 2015 and September 2017 (N = 9600)

	Antibiotics Prescribed
Variables	n	Yes	%	No	%	RRa	95% CI		P Valueb
Patient Sex
Femalec	6792	3614	53	3178	47	-	-	-	-
Male	2808	1540	55	1268	45	1.03	0.99	1.07	.14
Patient Race
Whitec	5344	3140	59	2204	41	-	-	-
Black	3758	1760	47	1998	53	0.80	0.77	0.83	<.001
Otherd	498	228	46	270	54	0.78	0.71	0.86	<.001
Patient Age
0–50 yearsc	3957	1896	48	2061	52	-	-	-
51–64 years	2518	1409	56	1109	44	1.17	1.11	1.22	<.001
65+ years	3125	1823	58	1302	42	1.22	1.17	1.27	<.001
Patient Comorbidities Present
Absentc	6195	3201	52	2994	48	-	-	-
Present	3405	1927	57	1478	43	1.10	1.05	1.14	<.001
Provider Type
Staff Physicianc	7233	4186	58	3047	42	-	-	-
APP	1427	612	43	815	57	0.74	0.70	0.79	<.001
Resident	940	330	35	610	65	0.61	0.56	0.66	<.001
Clinic Locations
Clinic A	500	115	23	385	77	-	-	-
Clinic B	116	27	23	89	77	1.10	0.70	1.46	.95
Clinic C	339	207	61	132	39	2.65	2.21	3.18	<.001
Clinic D	589	439	75	150	25	3.24	2.74	3.83	<.001
Clinic E	702	283	40	419	60	1.75	1.46	2.11	<.001
Clinic F	938	467	50	471	50	2.16	1.82	2.57	<.001
Clinic G	1075	571	53	504	47	2.31	1.95	2.74	<.001
Clinic H	1304	509	39	795	61	1.70	1.43	2.02	<.001
Clinic I	1228	491	40	737	60	1.74	1.46	2.07	<.001
Clinic J	2809	2019	72	790	28	3.13	2.66	3.67	<.001

Abbreviations: APP, Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants); CI, confidence interval; RR, risk ratios.

^aUnadjusted RRs.

^b P value from χ² test.

^cReference group.

^dThe other category of race includes Asian, American Indian or Alaskan native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific, and multiple.