Table 1 PICOT Table of the Ontario Health Trial and the Public Health Ontario Trial
OH Trial | PHO Trial | |
|---|---|---|
Population | Primary care physicians fully registered to receive the MyPractice: Primary Care report | Primary care physicians who have not enrolled to receive the MyPractice: Primary Care report |
Intervention | A mailed viral prescription pad and emphasis of the viral prescription pad embedded within a multi-topic audit and feedback report | Antibiotic peer comparison audit and feedback report with adjusted comparators and/or harms focused messaging in a 2 × 2 factorial experiment |
Comparison | My practice report without a mailed viral prescription pad (randomized 1:1) | No adjusted comparators and/or no harms messaging in a 2 × 2 factorial experiment, or no letter (randomized 4:1 letter:control) |
Outcome | Antibiotic prescribing rate (APR) defined as the total number of antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 patient visits 65 years of age or older | Antibiotic prescribing rate (APR) defined as the total number of antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 patient visits 65 years of age or older |
Time | 6 months | 6 months |