Table 3.
Odds ratios of prescriptions of oseltamivir and antibiotics between the two periods (period 2 compared to period 1) a.
| Admissions positive for influenza |
Admissions negative for influenza and RSV |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio [95% CI] | P-value | Odds ratio [95% CI] | P-value | |
| Admissions with oseltamivir prescribed | 12.7 [1.0, 153.8] | 0.05 | 0.7 [0.3, 2.0] | 0.54 |
| Admissions with antibiotics prescribed | 0.4 [0.1, 2.7] | 0.38 | 1.0 [0.6, 1.5] | 0.79 |
a
Controlling for age, sex, having at least one relevant condition, having a complication, and requiring hospitalization in the high-dependency unit; only showing the odds ratios for the variable ‘period’. For complete model output, please see Appendix 6, Supplementary Data.