Antibiotic prescribing for acute, non-complicated infections in primary care in Germany: baseline assessment in the cluster randomized trial ARena

Table 5 Results of the logistic mixed effects regression model for prescribing rates of quinolones for patients treated with antibiotics in PCNs

Covariate	OR	Lower CI limit	Upper CI limit	Standard error	p-value
Other spec. groups vs.* General Practitioner	0.617	0.277	1.374	0.408	0.237
Urbanization vs.* rural location	0.466	0.210	1.035	0.407	0.061
Urban vs. rural	0.558	0.371	0.840	0.209	0.005
PCN size medium vs*. small	1.975	1.028	3.793	0.333	0.041
PCN size large vs.* small	1.077	0.565	2.053	0.329	0.821
Patient age > 65 vs.* age < = 65	1.294	0.997	1.679	0.133	0.053
Female patients vs.* Male patients	0.928	0.757	1.136	0.104	0.467
Patients with Charlson Index 1 and 2 vs.*0	1.864	1.469	2.366	0.122	< 0.001
Patients with Charlson Index 3 and 4 vs.* 0	3.114	2.196	4.418	0.178	< 0.001
Patients with Charlson Index > = 5 vs.* 0	3.264	2.245	4.746	0.191	< 0.001

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