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Table 4 Effects of interventions on total and respiratory tract infection related antibiotics prescription/100 listed patients

From: Interventions for prudent antibiotic use in primary healthcare: an econometric analysis

 

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VARIABLES

Whole sample

Whole sample

Public centers

Private centers

Whole sample

Whole sample

Public center

Private center

Prescription previous

0.429***

0.415***

0.0932

0.537***

0.516***

0.501***

0.151*

0.564***

quarter

(0.0751)

(0.0842)

(0.0701)

(0.0851)

(0.0595)

(0.0691)

(0.0677)

(0.0700)

Intervention A (same

− 0.348**

− 0.270

− 0.324*

− 0.127

− 0.208*

− 0.126

− 0.165

− 0.0200

quarter)

(0.117)

(0.139)

(0.133)

(0.229)

(0.0947)

(0.104)

(0.0955)

(0.168)

Intervention A (after one

−0.339*

− 0.181

− 0.499**

0.00903

− 0.343**

− 0.164

−0.373***

0.000343

quarter)

(0.144)

(0.186)

(0.159)

(0.306)

(0.118)

(0.137)

(0.100)

(0.232)

Intervention A (remaining

−0.0379

0.258

−0.229

0.659

−0.129

0.197

−0.233

0.653*

quarters)

(0.143)

(0.206)

(0.176)

(0.379)

(0.130)

(0.171)

(0.121)

(0.328)

Intervention B (same

−0.0893

−0.00909

0.0159

−0.295

0.00123

0.0583

0.0250

−0.0961

quarter)

(0.133)

(0.146)

(0.138)

(0.244)

(0.115)

(0.120)

(0.0877)

(0.222)

Intervention B (after one

0.179

0.298

0.250

−0.0957

0.248

0.327

0.235

0.150

quarter)

(0.258)

(0.275)

(0.217)

(0.447)

(0.221)

(0.224)

(0.137)

(0.443)

Intervention B (remaining

0.437

0.587

0.716

−0.287

0.275

0.421

0.519*

−0.115

quarters)

(0.495)

(0.514)

(0.387)

(0.590)

(0.337)

(0.348)

(0.234)

(0.529)

Low care need index

 

0.283

−0.182

0.544

 

0.155

−0.224

0.261

 

(0.454)

(0.210)

(0.751)

 

(0.277)

(0.157)

(0.458)

High care need index

 

0.759*

0.604

0.778

 

0.510*

0.245

0.566

 

(0.312)

(0.437)

(0.442)

 

(0.216)

(0.217)

(0.391)

Adjusted clinical groups

 

0.615

0.972

−0.0103

 

−0.984

0.451

−1.258

 

(1.508)

(1.269)

(1.986)

 

(0.977)

(0.801)

(1.360)

Share younger patients

 

0.506***

0.286***

0.467***

 

0.334***

0.156***

0.332***

 

(0.0827)

(0.0574)

(0.115)

 

(0.0525)

(0.0364)

(0.0781)

No. of listed patients

 

−0.377*

−0.465***

−0.317

 

−0.186

− 0.174**

−0.186

 

(0.151)

(0.0986)

(0.183)

 

(0.105)

(0.0554)

(0.140)

Constant

3.511***

−0.632

4.103

−0.381

1.655***

−0.214

1.396

0.180

(0.407)

(2.521)

(2.110)

(2.494)

(0.197)

(1.599)

(1.189)

(1.816)

Quarterly dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

1886

1886

1120

766

1886

1886

1120

766

Number of id

189

189

112

77

189

189

112

77

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05