From: Regional variation in antibiotic prescribing among medicare part D enrollees, 2013
 | Region |  | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Class | Midwest | Northeast | South | West | Overall |
Fluoroquinolone | 298 | 303 | 379 | 287 | 326 |
Oral Penicillin | 265 | 279 | 282 | 241 | 269 |
Macrolide | 210 | 229 | 253 | 211 | 229 |
Oral Cephalosporin | 188 | 158 | 201 | 169 | 183 |
SMX-TMPa | 124 | 102 | 146 | 110 | 125 |
Tetracycline | 101 | 85 | 115 | 83 | 99 |
Nitrofurantoin | 63 | 61 | 79 | 58 | 67 |
Parenteral | 30 | 33 | 35 | 28 | 32 |
Other | 133 | 117 | 134 | 106 | 122 |