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Table 1 Aspects considered for score formation

From: Promoting rational antibiotic therapy among high antibiotic prescribers in German primary care—study protocol of the ElektRA 4-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial

1

Overall prescription rate (ratio of patients with antibiotic prescriptions to patients with any prescription)

2

Prescription rate for upper respiratory tract infections (ratio of patients with upper respiratory tract infection to antibiotic prescriptions for these patients)

3

Prescription rate for lower respiratory tract infections (ratio of patients with lower respiratory tract infection to antibiotic prescriptions for these patients)

4

Prescription rate of fluoroquinolones (2 points possible): total prescription rate of fluoroquinolones (ratio of patients with fluoroquinolone to patients with antibiotic) and/or fluoroquinolone prescription rate for urinary tract infection (ratio of urinary tract infection patients with fluoroquinolone to urinary tract infection patients with antibiotics)

5

Prescription rate of cephalosporins (ratio of patients with cephalosporin to patients with antibiotics)

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