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Table 4 Variability in antibiotic prescription rate between PHCCs, for RTIs commonly treated with antibiotics

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

 

2008

2010

2013

Prescription rate % (SDa)

Prescription rate % (SDa)

Prescription rate % (SDa)

AOMb

84.5 (7.9)

79.3 (8.1)

74.4 (8.5)

Sinusitis

80.4 (8.7)

70.6 (12.1)

62.5 (12.7)

Tonsillitis

88.4 (8.0)

83.6 (9.3)

80.0 (10.1)

Acute bronchitis

60.1 (15.5)

45.6 (17.3)

28.2 (17.4)

Pneumonia

66.1 (12.1)

61.1 (12.0)

63.0 (9.7)

  1. aStandard Deviation (SD)
  2. bAcute Otitis Media (AOM)
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