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Table 3 Consultations and antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 patient years (PY) in different RTI diagnoses, years 2008, 2010, 2013

From: Reduction in antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in Swedish primary care- a retrospective study of electronic patient records

  

2008

2010

2013

  

Consultations per 1000 PY

Antibiotic prescription per 1000 PY

Prescribing rate per diagnosis, (%)

Consultations per 1000 PY

Antibiotic prescription per 1000 PY

Prescribing rate per diagnosis, (%)

Consultations per 1000 PY

Antibiotic prescription per 1000 PY

Prescribing rate per diagnosis, (%)

Upper respiratory tract infections

Common cold

103

12

11,8

101

8

7,8

86

4

4,5

Sore throata

42

28

67,7

38

23

61,4

29

18

59,7

AOMb

27

23

84,5

24

20

80,6

16

12

74,9

Sinusitis

17

14

81,0

15

11

70,9

12

7

60,6

Lower respiratory tract infections

Cough

24

2

8,3

30

2

6,5

28

1

4,0

COPD

11

2

14,5

17

2

11,1

28

2

7,8

Acute bronchitis

22

13

59,7

22

10

45,4

18

5

26,2

Pneumonia

10

7

66,2

11

7

61,9

11

7

62,5

Influenza

2

0,1

6,3

1

0,1

7,4

4

0,1

3,3

Totalc

 

258

101

 

259

83

 

232

55

 
  1. aSore throat comprises the diagnosis tonsillitis, pharyngitis and mononucleosis, quinsy and scarlet fever.bAcute Otitis Media (AOM) cTotal values for RTIs add up to higher values than RTIs in Table 2 due to inclusion of some diagnoses from chapter 1 of ICD-code system