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. 2021 Jan 14;11(1):e041218. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041218

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Effect estimates (IRRs and 95% CI) of GP-recorded infection-related complications and hospital admissions. Analyses compared antibiotic prescribing at 75th and 25th percentile (IQR) by six common infections. The IRR for hospital admission after a consultation for URTI in CPRD-HES was 0.923. This means for a 14.9% increase in antibiotic prescribing the rate of hospital admission is reduced by 7.7%. CPRD, Clinical Practice Research Datalink; GP, general practitioner; HES, Hospital Episode Statistics; SAIL, Secure Anonymised Information Linkage.