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Table 4 Number of cough-related diagnoses, antibiotic prescribing, and diagnostic uncertainty

From: Visit complexity, diagnostic uncertainty, and antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in primary care: a retrospective study

Number of cough-related diagnoses

Visits

Antibiotics prescribed

Diagnostic uncertainty

N (%)

1 diagnosis

519 (54)

82 (16)

24 (5)

2 diagnoses

338 (35)

84 (25)

85 (25)

3+ diagnoses

105 (11)

43 (41)

42 (40)

Total

962 (100)

209 (22)

151 (16)