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Factors associated with antibiotic prescribing in patients with acute respiratory tract complaints in Malta: a 1-year repeated cross-sectional surveillance study by Saliba-Gustafsson, Erika A; Dunberger Hampton, Alexandra; Zarb, Peter; Orsini, Nicola; Borg, Michael A; Stålsby Lundborg, Cecilia is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Objective To identify factors that influence general practitioners’ (GPs’) oral antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract complaints (aRTCs) in Malta. ## Design Repeated, cross-sectional surveillance. ## Setting Maltese general practice; both public health centres and private GP clinics. ## Participants 30 GPs registered on the Malta Medical Council’s Specialist Register and 3 GP trainees registered data of 4831 patients of all ages suffering from any aRTC. Data were collected monthly between May 2015 and April 2016 during predetermined 1-week periods. ## Outcome measures The outcome of interest was antibiotic prescription (yes/no), defined as an oral antibiotic prescription issued for an aRTC during an in-person consultation, irrespective of the number of antibiotics given. The association between GP, practice and consultation-level factors, patient sociodemographic factors and patient health status factors, and antibiotic prescription was investigated. ## Results The antibiotic prescription rate was 45.0%. Independent factors positively associated with antibiotic prescribing included female GP sex (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.22 to 4.26), GP age with GPs ≥60 being the most likel
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- Author
- Saliba-Gustafsson, Erika A; Dunberger Hampton, Alexandra; Zarb, Peter; Orsini, Nicola; Borg, Michael A; Stålsby Lundborg, Cecilia
- Publisher
- BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group; London: BMJ Publishing (ISSN 2044-6055)
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)