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Table 1 Claims per 1,000 enrollees by antibiotic class and region

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

  1. aSMX-TMP, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim