Antibiotic prescribing for acute, non-complicated infections in primary care in Germany: baseline assessment in the cluster randomized trial ARena

Table 4 Prescribing of guideline-recommended antibiotics across all cases

	RG cases 1st choice/ alternative choice/ total	PCN cases 1st choice/ alternative choice/ total
Tonsillitis %*	24.0/ 3.8 / 27.8	18.8/ 1.2 / 20
Sinusitis %	18.7/ 40.6 / 59.3	22.1/ 42.2 / 64.3
Otitis media %	41.0/ 32.4 / 73.4	28.6/ 37.5 / 66.1
Bronchitis %	18.5/ 43.8 / 62.3	23.1/ 38.6 / 61.7
Upper respiratory tract infections %	22.1/**	18.5/**

RG reference group representing standard care, PCN primary care network
*Diagnoses for streptococcal tonsilitis and other pathogen-caused acute forms of tonsillitis that warrant antibiotic therapy are not included
**No alternative choices defined

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