| |
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)
|
- Argentina (ARG), Denmark (DK), Lithuania (LT), Russia (RUS), Spain (SP), Sweden (SW).
- n (%).
- *Strep-A test: point of care diagnostic test employed to detect Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus.
- †These age groups have a different risk for developing a bacterial sore throat.
- ‡Centor criteria: Fever > 38°C, absence of cough, tender anterior cervical adenopathy, tonsillar exudates.
