TABLE 1.
Reductions in unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for the most common conditions, among randomly reviewed cases
| Condition | Baseline |
Intervention |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of antibiotic prescriptions | No. (%) of unnecessary prescriptions | No. of antibiotic prescriptions | No. (%) of unnecessary prescriptions | ||
| Acute respiratory tract infection | 50 | 40 (80.0) | 63 | 43 (68.3) | 0.2 |
| COPD exacerbation | 10 | 7 (70.0) | 10 | 2 (20.0) | 0.07 |
| Skin and soft tissue infection | 20 | 9 (45.0) | 27 | 1 (3.7) | 0.0009 |
| Urinary tract infection | 20 | 6 (30.0) | 25 | 3 (12.0) | 0.157 |
| Other | 36 | 18 (50.0) | 55 | 21 (38.2) | 0.287 |
| Total | 136 | 80 (58.8) | 180 | 70 (38.9) | 0.0006 |