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Table 3 Intervention effects on primary and secondary outcomes

From: Behavioral interventions to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: a randomized pilot trial

 

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Clinician’s prior year prescribing rate (per 10 % increase)

 

Odd ratios (95 % confidence intervals) for antibiotic prescribing

Antibiotic for non-antibiotic appropriate ARI diagnoses (primary outcome)

0.98 (0.42–2.29)

0.68 (0.29–1.58)

0.45 (0.18–1.11)

1.57 (1.15–2.13)*

Antibiotic for potentially antibiotic appropriate ARI diagnoses

0.77 (0.42–1.41)

0.57 (0.31–1.05)

1.14 (0.59–2.19)

1.71 (1.23–2.36)*

Antibiotic for other ARIs diagnoses or symptoms of interest

1.29 (0.92–1.80)

0.62 (0.44–0.89)**

0.70 (0.48–1.02)

1.40 (1.25–1.57)**

Antibiotic for all three combined

1.05 (0.80–1.39)

0.72 (0.54–0.96)***

0.73 (0.53–0.995)****

1.64 (1.45–1.84)***

  1. ARI acute respiratory infection
  2. * p < .005
  3. ** p < .01
  4. *** p < .001
  5. **** p < 0.05