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)