Table 2.
Frequency of Delayed Antibiotic Prescribing and Incidence Rates of Infection-related Hospital Admissions Overall and Stratified by Age and Sex (in CPRD and SAIL)
| CPRD | SAIL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Delayed Antibiotic Prescribing, % | Incidence Rate (No. of Cases)a | Delayed Antibiotic Prescribing, % | Incidence Rate (No. of Cases)a |
| All | 8.3 | 0.15 (3247) | 9.2 | 0.67 (4242) |
| Age | ||||
| 0–17 years | 11.4 | 0.12 (790) | 12.2 | 0.94 (2694) |
| 18–59 years | 6.8 | 0.12 (1300) | 6.6 | 0.36 (960) |
| ≥60 years | 7.4 | 0.24 (1157) | 7.7 | 0.67 (588) |
| Sex | ||||
| Women | 8.1 | 0.17 (1606) | 9.2 | 0.57 (2049) |
| Men | 8.4 | 0.13 (1641) | 9.2 | 0.77 (2193) |
Abbreviations: CPRD, Clinical Practice Research Datalink; SAIL, Secure Anonymized Information Linkage.
aNumber of cases per 100 person-months.