Table 1 Patient and prescription demographics

Patients prescribed antibiotics

387

386

Excluded patients prescribed antibiotics

11

17

Included patients prescribed antibiotics

376

369

Average patient age prescribed antibiotics (years)

42.7 (SD = 25.7)

43.1 (SD = 25.2)

Median patient age prescribed antibiotics (years) (IQR)

41 (22, 65)

42 (24, 65)

Female patients prescribed antibiotics (%)

233 (62%)

252 (68%)

Age < 12 years prescribed antibiotics (%)

55 (14.6%)

47 (12.7%)

Age ≥ 65 years prescribed antibiotics (%)

104 (27.7%)

94 (25.5%)

Total antibiotic prescriptions reviewed

395

373

1 antibiotic prescription^a

358

365

2 antibiotic prescriptions^a

17

4

3 antibiotic prescriptions^a

1

0

Total GP attendances

3573

4014

Total prescriptions prepared (all drugs)

7942

9279

Included antibiotic prescriptions (percentage of all prescriptions)

5.0%

4.0%

GPs who prescribed ≥ 1 antibiotic

19

18