Table 5.

Factors associated with antibiotic prescription for gastrointestinal infections

Characteristics	Antibiotic prescription, n (%)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Patient age
0–9	10 809 (37.0)	1.92 (1.86 to 1.98)	1.76 (1.71 to 1.82)
10–19	4395 (38.7)	2.07 (1.98 to 2.16)	1.92 (1.83 to 2.00)
20–64	12 310 (32.4)	1.57 (1.53 to 1.61)	1.55 (1.51 to 1.60)
≥65	13 795 (23.4)	1	1
Patient sex
Male	18 547 (30.9)	1.09 (1.06 to 1.12)	1.04 (1.01 to 1.06)
Female	21 831 (29.1)	1	1
Facility type
Free-standing clinic	33 712 (32.9)	2.03 (1.82 to 2.27)	1.88 (1.68 to 2.10)
Hospital (<200 beds)-based clinic	4056 (21.7)	1.15 (1.02 to 1.29)	1.17 (1.04 to 1.32)
Hospital (200–499 beds)-based clinic	2214 (18.9)	0.97 (0.86 to 1.09)	0.93 (0.82 to 1.05)
Hospital (≥500 beds)-based clinic	396 (19.4)	1	1