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Table 2 Description of actively collected data for 1 ancillary research projects

From: Personalized prescription feedback to reduce antibiotic overuse in primary care: rationale and design of a nationwide pragmatic randomized trial

Physician related data

 Physician Identifier

Anonymized number (as for routinely collected data)

Patient data

 Consecutive patient number

1 to 44

 Age category

0–15, 16–65 or 65+ years

 Gender

Male, female

 Consultation period

Month of consultation (January or February 2015)

 Consultation

First consultation or follow-up consultation

Diagnosis data

 Clinical diagnosis (ICPC-2 codes)

- Common cold (R74)

- Tonsillitis/pharyngitis (R76)

- Acute rhinosinusitis (R75)

- Acute otitis media (H71)

- Acute bronchitis (R78)

- Pneumonia, community acquired (R81)

- Urinary infection (U71)

- Exacerbation of COPD (R95)

- Influenza (R80) (each item recorded as yes/no)

 Diagnostic tests used

- Chest X-ray

- Streptococcus group A culture or rapid test

- Urine dipstick

- C-reactive protein

- Leukocyte blood count (each item recorded as yes/no)

Prescription data

 Prescription

- Penicillins

- Other β-lactams

- Aminoglycosides

- Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid,

- Macrolides

- Sulfonamides and trimethoprim

- Tetracyclines

- Quinolones

- Amphenicoles

- Other antibiotics

- No antibiotics prescribed (each item recorded as yes/no)