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

Cronberg, Olof; Tyrstrup, Mia; Ekblom, Kim; Hedin, Katarina

doi:10.1186/s12879-020-05334-7

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Visits due to infections according to sex and age group per 1000 inhabitants per year

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

	Visits per 1000 inhabitants per year
										Average	Mean annual
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2006–2014	change (95% CI)
All hours
Female	477	499	481	514	517	546	528	500	458	502	0.9 (−8.0 to 9.8)
Male	345	369	351	376	380	393	386	362	336	366	0.5 (−5.9 to 6.8)
Age (years)
0–4	997	1172	1062	1059	1079	962	958	867	796	995	−33.7 (−56.0 to − 11.5)
5–19	494	498	451	481	492	511	468	433	382	468	−9.7 (− 19.6 to 0.3)
20–39	376	383	353	381	377	406	393	357	331	373	−2.5 (− 9.5 to 4.5)
40–64	319	329	315	348	349	379	368	356	326	343	4.1 (−2.2 to 10.4)
65–79	404	407	396	432	428	471	474	460	431	434	7.7 (1.1 to 14.3)
≥ 80	506	522	552	570	578	610	632	616	595	576	13.9 (7.6 to 20.2)
In-hours
Female	403	425	418	460	464	492	475	451	410	444	4.2 (−5.3 to 13.7)
Male	288	311	303	334	340	351	346	324	299	322	3.1 (−3.7 to 9.9)
Age (years)
0–4	720	889	851	884	911	816	813	736	666	810	−13.7 (− 38.6 to 11.2)
5–19	375	392	373	412	426	440	403	373	327	391	−2.7 (−13.5 to 8.1)
20–39	296	313	299	335	332	357	345	313	286	320	1.3 (−6.5 to 9.0)
40–64	274	287	282	319	320	347	337	326	297	310	5.9 (−0.8 to 12.5)
65–79	368	371	369	407	405	445	449	436	406	406	9.1 (2.4 to 15.8)
≥ 80	464	482	515	540	551	582	603	589	568	544	16.0 (9.2 to 22.8)
Out-of-hours
Female	74	74	63	54	52	54	53	49	48	58	−3.3 (−4.7 to −1.9)
Male	56	58	49	42	40	42	40	38	37	45	−2.6 (−3.7 to − 1.6)
Age (years)
0–4	277	283	211	175	168	146	145	130	131	185	−20.0 (− 27.3 to −12.7)
5–19	119	106	78	68	66	71	65	60	55	77	−7.0 (−10.4 to − 3.6)
20–39	80	70	54	46	45	49	48	45	45	53	−3.7 (−6.2 to −1.3)
40–64	45	42	34	29	29	32	31	30	29	33	−1.8 (−3.0 to −0.6)
65–79	36	35	27	25	22	26	25	24	24	27	−1.4 (−2.5 to − 0.4)
≥ 80	42	40	37	30	27	28	29	27	26	32	−2.1 (− 2.9 to −1.2)

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