Patients without records and records without patients: review of patient records in primary care and implications for surveillance of antibiotic prescribing in rural China

Table 1 Data sources and variables used in a review of clinical records for monitoring antimicrobial resistance and prescribing in rural Anhui province

	Data source
Variable	Recruitment (Patient)	Observations (Physician)	Exit surveys (Patient)	Electronic patient records
Unique study ID	+	+	+
Date of consultation	+		+	+
Location of consultation	+		+	+
Attending physician			+	+
Name	+			+
Date of Birth	+			+
Sex	+			+
Insurance status/ type	+
Presenting complaint	+		+
Duration of illness			+
Symptom(s)	+	+	+	+
Physician diagnosis	+	+	+	+
Investigation(s)	+	+		+
Treatment(s)	+			+
Antibiotic prescribed	+	+	+	+
Antibiotic name(s)	+	+		+
Antibiotic dose(s)	+	+		+
Antibiotic route(s) of administration (IV/IM/PO)	+	+	+	+
Record- keeping practices: (in or post- consultation)		+
Use of insurance ID (patient or family member)		+

ISSN: 1472-6963