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Table 3 Antibiotics prescribed in the baseline study and the clinical trial by GPs participating in both

From: Usefulness of C-reactive protein testing in acute cough/respiratory tract infection: an open cluster-randomized clinical trial with C-reactive protein testing in the intervention group

 

Baseline

Clinical trial

 
 

Number of patients

Patients treated with antibiotics

Antibiotic prescribing rate (%)

Number of patients

Patients treated with antibiotics

Antibiotic prescribing rate (%)

P

Control group

       

GP A

6

2

(33)

12

8

(66)

0.3

GP B

4

2

(50)

14

7

(50)

1.0

GP C

6

4

(66)

8

8

(100)

0.2

GP D

5

5

(100)

8

8

(100)

1.0

GP E

6

2

(33)

10

6

(60)

0.6

GP F

7

6

(86)

10

7

(70)

0.6

Total

34

21

(62)

62

44

(71)

0.4

Intervention group

       

GP G

7

2

(28)

19

8

(42)

0.7

GP H

6

5

(83)

10

4

(40)

0.1

GP J

5

5

(100)

10

6

(60)

0.2

GP K

7

2

(28)

12

1

(8)

0.5

GP L

9

3

(33)

10

0

(0)

0.1

GP M

7

7

(100)

10

4

(40)

0.08

GP N

6

4

(66)

10

7

(70)

1.0

Total

47

28

(59)

81

30

(37)

0.02