Number of dispensed prescriptions (% of prescribed prescriptions) during intervention period
| Control | Educational intervention | Pop-up answers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 GPs, 19 530 Rx | Pop-up control 49 GPs, 5416 Rx | Pop-up intervention 107 GPs, 12 435 Rx | Immediate Rx 9666 Rx | Delayed Rx 1194 Rx | |
| Total | 18 044 (92.4) | 4972 (91.8) | 11216 (90.2) | 9119 (94.3) | 707 (59.2) |
| GP factorsa | |||||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 12 556 (92.8) | 3366 (92.1) | 7371 (90.7) | 6267 (94.6) | 347 (54.6) |
| Female | 5488 (91.4) | 1606 (91.2) | 3845 (89.3) | 2852 (93.8) | 360 (64.5) |
| Practice location | |||||
| Urban | 10 655 (92.0) | 3102 (91.4) | 6461 (89.6) | 5267 (94.2) | 416 (58.7) |
| Rural | 7389 (93.0) | 1870 (92.4) | 4755 (91.0) | 3852 (94.6) | 291 (60.0) |
| Practice type | |||||
| Group | 16 651 (92.2) | 4605 (92.0) | 10128 (89.9) | 8111 (94.1) | 668 (59.9) |
| Solo | 1393 (94.6) | 367 (88.9) | 1088 (92.8) | 1008 (96.6) | 39 (50.0) |
| GP specialist | |||||
| Yes | 16 975 (92.5) | 4144 (91.7) | 9847 (90.4) | 7967 (94.5) | 563 (57.9) |
| No | 1069 (90.6) | 828 (92.3) | 1369 (88.6) | 1152 (93.0) | 144 (65.2) |
| Patient factors | |||||
| Diagnosis | |||||
| URTIs and RT symptoms | 4441 (90.8) | 1158 (89.8) | 2355 (87.6) | 1781 (93.8) | 210 (56.9) |
| Acute tonsillitis | 2015 (94.2) | 635 (93.9) | 1456 (91.1) | 1223 (93.6) | 49 (63.6) |
| Acute sinusitis | 3126 (92.4) | 853 (91.7) | 2060 (88.9) | 1688 (93.3) | 165 (59.6) |
| Acute bronchitis | 3106 (94.0) | 858 (94.0) | 1720 (93.2) | 1503 (95.7) | 77 (63.1) |
| Pneumonia | 2069 (95.4) | 674 (95.1) | 1748 (95.4) | 1572 (96.4) | 40 (81.6) |
| Acute otitis media and ear pain | 1756 (87.2) | 530 (87.0) | 1246 (85.2) | 944 (92.4) | 127 (52.3) |
| Other RTIs | 1531 (93.9) | 264 (91.0) | 631 (91.3) | 408 (95.3) | 39 (68.4) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 7447 (92.1) | 2106 (91.1) | 4542 (90.2) | 3767 (94.4) | 239 (55.8) |
| Female | 10 596 (92.6) | 2866 (92.3) | 6647 (90.2) | 5352 (94.3) | 468 (61.1) |
| Age, years | |||||
| ≤6 | 2354 (87.3) | 784 (87.3) | 1572 (83.9) | 1165 (90.3) | 131 (53.9) |
| 6–12 | 1262 (90.2) | 372 (90.1) | 747 (88.0) | 572 (94.4) | 49 (45.0) |
| 13–18 | 1069 (93.4) | 250 (91.2) | 678 (90.9) | 554 (95.7) | 39 (50.6) |
| 19–44 | 6425 (91.4) | 1834 (91.8) | 4067 (89.1) | 3284 (93.3) | 301 (61.1) |
| 45–64 | 4523 (94.5) | 1132 (93.6) | 2624 (93.2) | 2216 (95.8) | 133 (66.2) |
| 65–79 | 1761 (97.1) | 458 (96.6) | 1127 (96.3) | 985 (97.7) | 38 (70.4) |
| ≥80 | 650 (97.5) | 142 (94.7) | 401 (97.1) | 343 (97.4) | 16 (94.1) |
↵a The GP factors of age, patient encounters/year, listed patients, and antibiotic prescribing rates have been omitted from the table. OR = odds ratio. RT = respiratory tract. RTI = respiratory tract infection. URTI = upper respiratory tract infection.