Table 2.
Antibiotic-related outcomes. No data were missing among presented variables. See Multimedia Appendix 2 for guideline-recommended antibiotics.
| Chief complaint | Antibiotic prescription within 3 days of visit, n (%) | P value for difference | Guideline-recommended antibiotics, n (%) | P value for difference | |
| Sore throat (n=1110) | —a | <.001 | — | .39 | |
| DIGI-Tb (n=798) | 169 (21.2) | — | 163 (96.4) | — | |
| PHYSI-Tc (n=312) | 124 (39.7) | — | 117 (94.4) | — | |
| Respiratory (n=1975) | — | <.001 | — | .02 | |
| DIGI-Rd (n=1724) | 27 (1.6) | — | 26 (96.3) | — | |
| PHYSI-Re (n=251) | 50 (19.9) | — | 37 (74.0) | — | |
| Dysuria (n=1521) | — | .25 | — | <.001 | |
| DIGI-Uf (n=1325) | 1016 (76.7) | — | 1009 (99.3) | — | |
| PHYSI-Ug (n=196) | 143 (73.0) | — | 135 (94.4) | — | |
aNot applicable.
bDIGI-T: eVisits with a chief complaint of sore throat.
cPHYSI-T: Office visits with a chief complaint of sore throat.
dDIGI-R: eVisits with a chief complaint of common cold/influenza or cough.
ePHYSI-R: Office visits with a chief complaint of common cold/influenza or cough.
fDIGI-U: eVisits with a chief complaint of dysuria.
gPHYSI-U: Office visits with a chief complaint of dysuria.