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. 2019 Oct 16;14(10):e0223835. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223835

Table 2. Longitudinal trend of antibiotic prescribing rate between April 2012 and June 2017*.

Coef. P value R-squared
Total antibiotic prescribing for NB-ARTI -0.09839 < 0.001 0.529
Third-generation cephalosporins (J01DD) -0.04857 < 0.001 0.4703
Macrolides (J01FA) -0.03136 < 0.001 0.3150
Fluoroquinolones (J01MA) -0.00964 0.001 0.1597
Penicillins (J01C) 0.000831 0.676 0.0029

*Evaluated by the correlation between antibiotic prescribing and time change.

Abbreviations: NB-ARTI, non-bacterial acute respiratory tract infection; Coef, coefficient