Antibiotic prescribing by single handed general practitioners: secondary analysis of data

Paramjit Gill; Andrea Roalfe

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2710.2001.00345.x

Antibiotic prescribing by single handed general practitioners: secondary analysis of data

Paramjit Gill, Andrea Roalfe

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AIM: To determine the contribution of various doctor and patient factors on the frequency of antibiotic prescribing. METHODS: Secondary analyses of data on 155 single handed general practitioners. RESULTS: Three variables explained 25% of variation in antibiotic prescribing. Doctors qualified from the Indian subcontinent issued more antibiotics than U.K.-qualified doctors. Patients from the non-manual social class were issued fewer antibiotics than those from the manual class and the most deprived patients received significantly more antibiotics. CONCLUSION: Very little of prescribing of antibiotics by doctors is explained by these doctor-patient factors. Prescribing is a complex process and the search for factors must continue in order to address the rising antibiotic resistance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	195-199
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Volume	26
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2710.2001.00345.x
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2001

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antibiotic prescribing
general practice

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