Diagnosis-linked antibiotic prescribing in Swedish primary care - a comparison between in-hours and out-of-hours

Cronberg, Olof; Tyrstrup, Mia; Ekblom, Kim; Hedin, Katarina

doi:10.1186/s12879-020-05334-7

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 4 Antibiotic prescription according to sex and age group per 1000 inhabitants per year

From: Diagnosis-linked antibiotic prescribing in Swedish primary care - a comparison between in-hours and out-of-hours

	Antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 inhabitants per year
										Average	Mean annual
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2006–2014	change (95% CI)
All hours
Female	249	264	231	237	233	232	218	196	173	226	−9.0 (−13.0 to −5.1)
Male	157	171	147	144	147	146	136	120	105	142	−6.3 (−9.2 to −3.5)
Age (years)
0–4	472	562	479	440	440	357	347	281	241	402	−35.2 (−46.9 to −23.5)
5–19	240	254	208	200	209	211	197	165	134	202	−11.7 (−17.0 to −6.5)
20–39	185	192	162	163	163	169	155	135	120	160	−7.4 (−10.6 to −4.1)
40–64	168	175	147	158	155	160	146	136	119	152	−5.2 (−8.2 to −2.3)
65–79	213	211	184	199	188	195	188	174	160	190	−5.3 (−8.1 to −2.6)
≥ 80	206	206	205	196	190	188	186	182	174	192	−4.1 (−4.9 to −3.3)
In-hours
Female	207	218	192	205	202	201	186	169	146	192	−6.7 (−10.7 to −2.8)
Male	128	139	122	124	125	125	115	102	89	119	−4.7 (−7.2 to −2.1)
Age (years)
0–4	330	402	358	347	350	284	271	226	184	306	−22.5 (−33.3 to −11.7)
5–19	178	189	165	164	172	174	158	134	107	160	−7.5 (−12.2 to −2.9)
20–39	141	150	132	138	137	142	128	112	97	131	−5.0 (−8.1 to −1.8)
40–64	141	149	127	141	138	141	128	120	104	132	−3.9 (−6.8 to −1.0)
65–79	192	189	167	184	174	180	172	159	146	174	−4.5 (−7.1 to −1.8)
≥ 80	185	188	187	183	176	174	170	168	161	177	−3.3 (−4.2 to −2.5)
Out–of-hours
Female	43	46	38	32	32	31	32	27	26	34	−2.3 (−3.2 to −1.3)
Male	29	32	25	21	21	21	21	18	16	23	−1.7 (−2.4 to −0.9)
Age (years)
0–4	142	159	121	92	90	73	75	56	57	96	−12.7 (−16.7 to −8.6)
5–19	62	65	43	36	37	37	38	31	27	42	−4.2 (−6.3 to −2.1)
20–39	44	42	30	25	26	27	27	23	23	30	−2.4 (−3.8 to −1.0)
40–64	27	26	20	17	18	18	17	16	15	19	−1.4 (−2.0 to −0.7)
65–79	21	22	17	15	14	16	16	14	15	17	−0.9 (−1.5 to − 0.3)
≥ 80	21	18	18	13	13	14	16	14	13	16	−0.8 (−1.3 to − 0.2)

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