Figure 3. Observed levels of and predicted trends in antibiotic prescribing rates for acute diarrhea, fiscal years 2014-2019.

Round and triangle dots: Observed rates for early and late adopters, respectively, with the vertical, solid lines representing 95% confidence intervals for the mean rates (dots) across hospitals. Slope, dashed lines: Predicted linear trends before and after the implementation of the RDU Service Plan policy (in fiscal year 2017; the vertical dotted line) for early and late adopters with shaded areas representing the 95% confidence interval for the point estimates of the predicted trends (dashed lines).