Primary care clinician antibiotic prescribing decisions in consultations for children with RTIs: a qualitative interview study

Jeremy Horwood; Christie Cabral; Alastair D Hay; Jenny Ingram

doi:10.3399/bjgp16X683821

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Primary care clinician antibiotic prescribing decisions in consultations for children with RTIs: a qualitative interview study

Jeremy Horwood, Christie Cabral, Alastair D Hay and Jenny Ingram

British Journal of General Practice 2016; 66 (644): e207-e213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X683821

Jeremy Horwood

Centre for Academic Primary Care, NIHR School of Primary Care Research, School of Social and Community Medicine.

Roles: Senior research fellow

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Christie Cabral

Centre for Academic Primary Care, NIHR School of Primary Care Research, School of Social and Community Medicine.

Roles: Research fellow

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Alastair D Hay

Centre for Academic Primary Care, NIHR School of Primary Care Research, School of Social and Community Medicine.

Roles: Professor of primary care

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Jenny Ingram

Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Schoolof Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol.

Roles: Senior research fellow

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Table 1.

Interview participants

	GPs	Nurses	Total
N	22	6	28

IMD of practice population neighbourhood
1 (most deprived)	6	2	8
2	8	3	11
3	0	0	0
4	4	1	5
5 (most affluent)	4	0	4

Location
Urban	18	6	24
Rural	4	0	4

Sex
Male	5	0	5
Female	17	6	23

Years since qualification
<5	2	0	2
5–9	9	2	11
>10	11	4	15

Special interest in paediatrics
	3	3	6

IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile.¹⁹

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