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Table 5 Quantile Regression of factors associated with reduction in antibiotic prescribing rate (2014/15–2016/17) N = 115

From: Implementing an audit and feedback cycle to improve adherence to the Choosing Wisely Canada recommendations: clustered randomized trail

Variable

50th Quantile (4.1%)

20th Quantile (0.5%)

80th quantile (23.5%)

 

β

95%CI

β

95%CI

β

95%CI

Male vs female provider

-0.005

-0.03, 0.025

-0.017

-0.105, 0.111

-0.005

-0.017, 0.003

Provider age (continuous)

0.000

-0.001, 0.001

0.002

-0.004, 0.005

0.000

-0.001, 0.000

Family physician vs nurse practitioner

-0.011

-0.057, 0.07

0.071

-0.132, 0.878

0.006

-0.005, 0.034

Salaried vs fee-for-service

0.034

0.014, 0.066

0.139

-0.016, 0.287

-0.011

0.004, 0.022

Rural vs. urban clinic

-0.03

-0.022, 0.044

0.028

-0.091, 0.137

-0.002

-0.008, 0.008

Canadian graduate vs international graduate

-0.05

-0.077, -0.005

-0.07

-0.307, 0.022

-0.011

-0.027, 0.000

Intervention vs control group

0.038

0.000–0.082

0.037

-0.04, 0.35

0.016

0.002, 0.031

  1. Bold indicated significance at 0.05