Table 3 Top ten diagnoses for prescription of antibiotics
| Â | Â | Public | Private | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diagnosis | ICPC-2 | n (%) | Antibiotic prescribing ratea | n (%) | Antibiotic prescribing ratea | n (%) | Antibiotic prescribing ratea |
Upper respiratory infection, acute | R74 | 293 (38.7) | 16.8 | 2564 (50.7) | 57.7 | 2857 (49.2) | 46.2 |
Acute tonsillitis | R76 | 97 (12.8) | 83.3 | 254 (5.0) | 92.7 | 350 (6.0) | 89.9 |
Cystitis/urinary infection | U71 | 98 (13.0) | 79.1 | 163 (3.2) | 86.4 | 261 (4.5) | 83.5 |
Gastroenteritis | D73 | 21 (2.8) | 9.1 | 205 (4.1) | 23.6 | 226 (3.9) | 20.5 |
Fever | A03 | 12 (1.6) | 3.6 | 202 (4.0) | 32.3 | 213 (3.7) | 22.4 |
Acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis | R78 | 4 (0.6) | 45.3 | 96 (1.9) | 57.7 | 100 (1.7) | 57.0 |
Asthma | R96 | 11 (1.5) | 3.1 | 63 (1.2) | 14.8 | 74 (1.3) | 9.5 |
Infectious disease, otherb | A78 | 17 (2.3) | 42.1 | 53 (1.0) | 51.5 | 70 (1.2) | 48.8 |
Boil/carbuncle | S10 | 18 (2.4) | 79.4 | 49 (1.0) | 93.9 | 68 (1.2) | 89.4 |
Skin infection, Otherc | S76 | 7 (0.9) | 74.3 | 38 (0.8) | 93.0 | 45 (0.8) | 89.5 |