Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients

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

 

UTIS recommendation was accepted by the physician (n = 49,945)

UTIS recommendation was rejected by the physician (n = 25,685)

Age (years) - mean (SD)

48.5 (19.6)

51.5 (19.9)

Gender, female - No. (%)

43,379 (87.6%)

24,108 (93.9%)

Socioeconomic statusa No.(%)

3118 (6.3%)

1618 (6.3%)

Low 1–4

9404 (19.0%)

4983 (19.4%)

Medium 5–7

24,797 (50.1%)

13,176 (51.3%)

High 8–10

15,294 (30.9%)

7500 (29.2%)

Pregnancy No. (%)

2079 (4.2%)

642 (2.5%)

Prev. Admissionb - No. (%)

2475 (5.0%)

1567 (6.1%)

Comorbiditiesc No. (%)

Cardiovascular disease

3366 (6.8%)

1849 (7.2%)

Diabetes

5642 (11.4%)

3442 (13.4%)

Cancer

4207 (8.5%)

2517 (9.8%)

Osteoporosis

5741 (11.6%)

3827 (14.9%)

COPD

1336 (2.7%)

848 (3.3%)

Hypertension

12,324 (24.9%)

7860 (30.6%)

Cognitive impairment

1831 (3.7%)

1233 (4.8%)

Immunosuppression

3316 (6.7%)

2183 (8.5%)

Chronic kidney disease

4950 (10.0%)

3005 (11.7%)

Homebound

940 (1.9%)

693 (2.7%)

  1. Patients were categorized based on whether physicians accepted or rejected the UTIS antibiotic treatment recommendations.
  2. aSocio-economic status- defined by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics45.
  3. bPrev. admission-- within three months.
  4. cBased on Maccabi Healthcare services registries46.
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