Table 2.

Antibiotic management in office hours and out-of-hours care

IndicationChoice of antibioticPrescribing,a %
Office hours (JHN 2012)Out-of-hours (Primair 2012)
Acute otitis mediaPrescription rate47.660.5
Amoxicillinb83.185.9
Azithromycin7.85.6
Amoxicillin/clavulanate4.75.1
Co-trimoxazole20.4
SinusitisPrescription rate48.170
Doxycyclineb59.148.6
Amoxicillinb2231.9
Azithromycin9.99.7
Amoxicillin/clavulanate52.8
Clarithromycin2.42.8
Acute tonsillitisPrescription rate56.978
Pheneticillinb71.359.9
Amoxicillin1011.5
Azithromycin8.98.3
Amoxicillin/clavulanate6.211.5
Acute bronchitisPrescription rate53.165.8
Doxycyclineb44.832.5
Amoxicillinb37.556.9
Azithromycin8.72.4
Amoxicillin/clavulanate5.55.7
Clarithromycin2.12.4
CystitisPrescription rate64.293.9
Nitrofurantoinb65.562.5
Amoxicillin/clavulanateb11.415.6
Trimethoprim8.76
Norfloxacin5.52.5
Ciprofloxacin3.53.9
Fosfomycin2.42.5
Co-trimoxazole2.33.2
ImpetigoPrescription rate23.930.9
Flucloxacillinb59.866
Amoxicillin11.22.1
Azithromycin96.4
Clarithromycin6.72.1
Amoxicillin/clavulanate5.821.3
Pheneticillin1.52.1

  • ↵a Antibiotics with prescribed percentages over 2% are shown.

  • ↵b First-choice antibiotics according to the Dutch prescribing guidelines (Appendix 1).