Fig. 4: Concordance of prescriptions to predetermined target percentages. | npj Digital Medicine

Fig. 4: Concordance of prescriptions to predetermined target percentages.

From: AI driven decision support reduces antibiotic mismatches and inappropriate use in outpatient urinary tract infections

Fig. 4

Asterisk indicates a significant difference at p < 0.001. a Overall rate of prescriptions given per antibiotic and desired predetermined target percentages (i.e., the designated target values for six antibiotics, see methods section, intervention, part 2). b Comparison between number of prescriptions per antibiotic regimen and predetermined target percentages. A positive number indicates over-prescription; Negative indicates sub-usage of antibiotic positive number indicates over-prescription; a Negative indicates sub-usage of antibiotics. Zero indicates complete concordance. The total number of prescriptions was 69,856, of which 25,484 were without UTIS recommendation and 44,372 following recommendation. Target Number of cases for each antibiotic prescribed, number when recommended and not by UTIS where, respectively: Nitrofurantoin 27,942, 13,862, 2677; Fosfomycin 20,957, 13,301, 6687; Trimethoprim/ Sulfamethoxazole 8383, 3819, 1278; Cefuroxime 6287, 6892, 3977; Cephalexin 3493, 3322, 2405; Ciprofloxacin 2794, 3177, 8460.

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