Diagnosis-linked antibiotic prescribing in Swedish primary care - a comparison between in-hours and out-of-hours

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Visits according to the type of infection per 1000 inhabitants per year

	Visits per 1000 inhabitants and year
										Average	Mean annual
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2006–2014	change (95% CI)
All hours
Respiratory tract infections^a	241	258	243	253	255	267	258	234	205	246	− 2.9 (−8.3 to 2.5)
Skin & soft tissue infections	58	59	60	68	67	72	71	71	69	66	1.7 (0.8 to 2.6)
Urinary tract infections	51	52	51	54	55	54	52	51	49	52	−0.2 (−0.7 to 0.4)
Other infections^b	61	60	61	69	71	76	77	74	75	69	2.2 (1.3 to 3.2)
Total all hours	412	430	416	445	448	469	457	430	398	434	0.9 (−6.5 to 8.3)
In-hours
Respiratory tract infections^a	200	215	207	223	227	238	230	209	182	215	−0.5 (−6.1 to 5.1)
Skin & soft tissue infections	51	52	54	62	62	67	65	65	63	60	1.8 (0.8 to 2.9)
Urinary tract infections	42	43	43	47	48	47	44	45	42	45	0.1 (−0.6 to 0.8)
Other infections^b	53	53	55	64	66	70	71	68	69	63	2.5 (1.4 to 3.5)
Total in-hours	347	364	360	397	402	421	410	387	356	382	3.9 (−4.1 to 11.9)
Out-of-hours
Respiratory tract infections^a	42	42	36	30	28	30	28	25	23	32	−2.3 (−3.1 to − 1.6)
Skin & soft tissue infections	6.9	7.1	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.9	5.5	5.7	6.4	6.1	−0.1 (−0.3 to 0.1)
Urinary tract infections	9.0	8.9	8.0	7.0	7.3	7.0	7.5	6.6	7.1	7.6	−0.3 (−0.4 to − 0.1)
Other infections^b	7.7	7.5	6.0	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	6.1	−0.2 (−0.4 to 0.0)
Total out-of-hours	65	66	56	48	46	48	47	43	43	51	−3.0 (−4.2 to −1.7)

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