ARG | DK | LT | RUS | SP | SW | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPs/Patients (n) | 52/1054 | 64/614 | 28/584 | 30/550 | 257/3359 | 26/233 | 457/6394 |
GP characteristics | |||||||
Female | 36(69) | 31(48) | 24(85) | 26(86) | 164(64) | 9(34) | 290(63) |
Age = < 48y | 41(79) | 19(30) | 13(46) | 10(33) | 128(50) | 6(23) | 217(47) |
No access to strep-A test* | 41(80) | 0 | 22(78) | 28(93) | 201(78) | 0 | 292(63) |
Group practice | 25(48) | 39(60) | 26(92) | 11(36) | 232(90) | 26(100) | 359(78) |
Years working as a GP = < 10 | 32(61) | 28(43) | 20(71) | 21(70) | 63(24) | 11(42) | 175(38) |
Patient characteristics | |||||||
Female | 580(55) | 340(55) | 270(46) | 332(60) | 2016(60) | 116(49) | 3654(57) |
Age† | |||||||
= < 2 years | 111(10) | 34(5) | 58(10) | 11(2) | 36(1) | 14(6) | 264(4) |
= > 3 to = <14 years | 411(39) | 197(32) | 279(48) | 155(28) | 146(4) | 109(47) | 1297(20) |
= > 15 to = <44 years | 421(40) | 311(51) | 200(34) | 293(53) | 2071(61) | 90(39) | 3386(53) |
>45 years | 111(10) | 72(12) | 45(8) | 91(16) | 1099(33) | 20(8) | 1438(22) |
= < 3days with symptoms | 875(83) | 388(63) | 437(75) | 427(78) | 2464(73) | 155(66) | 4746(74) |
Request for antibiotics (yes) | 78(7) | 1(0,1) | 13(2) | 49(9) | 61(2) | 10(4) | 212(3) |
= > 2 Centor criteria‡ | 616(58) | 317(51) | 259(44) | 293(53) | 1242(37) | 182(78) | 2909(45) |
Patients prescribed antibiotics | 615(58) | 285(46) | 378(65) | 377(68) | 1386(41) | 175(75) | 3216(50) |