Analysis of relative importance of continuous risk factors for antibiotic prescribing
| Risk factors | Change in rate of antibiotics (95% CI)a over 5th to 95th percentiles in risk factorb |
|---|---|
| NHS-DPPD | |
| Rate of prescribing of other medicines | 276.3 (265.4 to 287.2) |
| Adult skills sub-domain score in practice area | 74.2 (57.8 to 90.5) |
| % Male patients aged 0–4 years in practice | 48.5 (32.4 to 64.6) |
| % Female patients aged 80–85 years in practice | 41.2 (29.4 to 52.9) |
| Practice score in overall experience of making an appointment: not good | 28.7 (14.0 to 43.4) |
| Health deprivation and disability score in practice area | 23.5 (5.3 to 41.8) |
| % Male patients aged 5–9 years in practice | 25.0 (9.0 to 40.9) |
| % Patients in practice with arthritis or long-term joint problem | 20.3 (9.1 to 31.5) |
| % Female patients aged 45–49 years in practice | 21.5 (9.6 to 33.5) |
| Crime score in practice area | 16.0 (3.8 to 28.2) |
| % Male patients aged 55–59 years in practice | 16.9 (2.5 to 31.2) |
| Medical conditions — % none of these conditions | 13.9 (1.1 to 26.6) |
| % Patients in practice with another long-term condition | 11.5 (2.5 to 20.6) |
| QOF asthma achievement, % | −5.8 (−10.6 to −1.0) |
| Practice score in rating of GP involving patients in decisions about care: % good | −12.8 (−21.2 to −4.3) |
| Indoors sub-domain score in practice area | −13.4 (−22.2 to −4.5) |
| Outdoors sub-domain score in practice area | −16.2 (−28.6 to −3.9) |
| Practice score in last seen or spoke to a GP: over the past 3 months | −17.3 (−26.0 to −8.6) |
| Practice score in confidence and trust in GP: % no, not at all | −22.2 (−32.8 to −11.6) |
| % Male patients aged 40−44 years in practice | −25.1 (−35.8 to −14.4) |
| Practice score of last time wanted to see GP or nurse: not seen GP at surgery | −23.3 (−31.5 to −15.0) |
| Practice score of overall experience of GP surgery: not good | −24.9 (−41.1 to −8.7) |
| Income deprivation score in practice area affecting older people | −42.5 (−58.6 to −26.4) |
| Employment score in practice area | −51.5 (−71.3 to −31.8) |
| CPRD | |
| Rate of prescribing of other medicines | 404.8 (368.9 to 440.6) |
| Rate of consultations for upper respiratory tract infections | 43.8 (9.3 to 78.3) |
| % Patients in practice who are smokers | −41.9 (−79.3 to −4.5) |
| Duration of GP visit, mean | −60.9 (−95.9 to −25.8) |
| % Patients in practice with higher Charlson comorbidity index | −71.7 (−108.3 to −35.2) |