Table 2 Prescription rates per type of medication 1,2 stratified for diagnosis and severity of telephone consultations
Contacts without prescription N (%) | Antibiotics N (%) | Analgesics N (%) | Medication in respiratory system N (%) | Other prescriptions N (%) | p-value3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of contacts (4,173 in total) | 3,343 (80.1) | 451 (10.8) | 103 (2.5) | 66 (1.6) | 213 (5.1) | |
Diagnosis groups | ||||||
- Symptoms (no disease diagnosis applied) (1,021) | 916 (90.1) | 22 (2.1) | 40 (3.8) | 6 (0.6) | 38 (3.6) | <0.001 |
- Infections (1,335) | 908 (68.3) | 367 (27.2) | 8 (1.0) | 14 (1.0) | 40 (3.0) | |
- Injuries (770) | 712 (92.9) | 23 (2.8) | 22 (1.9) | 4 (0.5) | 9 (1.1) | |
- Other diagnoses (1,047) | 807 (79.0) | 39 (3.5) | 33 (2.9) | 42 (3.6) | 126 (11.0) | |
Severity (missing = 211) | ||||||
- Severe/potentially severe (320) | 300 (95.8) | 12 (2.5) | 5 (1.0) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.6) | 0.185 |
- Not severe/not ill (3,642) | 2,868 (78.7) | 421 (11.6) | 90 (2.5) | 63 (1.7) | 203 (5.6) | |
New episode or chronic disease (missing = 279) | ||||||
- New episode (3,402) | 2,736 (81.4) | 391 (10.9) | 71 (2.0) | 52 (1.5) | 154 (4.3) | <0.001 |
- Exacerbation of chronic disease (492) | 401 (82.4) | 33 (6.4) | 25 (4.8) | 10 (1.9) | 24 (4.6) |