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Table 1 Description of the three clusters of antibiotic prescribing practices and performance for the four proxy indicators (n = 3,014 dentists)

From: Characteristics of dentists and patients associated with appropriate antibiotic prescriptions by French dentists: a cross-sectional study using Health Insurance databases

 

Global

N = 3,014 dentists

Cluster 1

“Better than average practices”

N = 686 dentists (22.8%)

Score a: 3/4 (3/4; 3/4)

Cluster 2

“Average practices”

N = 1241 dentists (41.2%)

Score a: 2/4 (2/4; 2/4)

Cluster 3

“Worse than average practices”

N = 1087 dentists (36.1%)

Score a: 1/4 (1/4; 1/4)

Proxy indicator (PI)

Performances (% of dentists who reached the acceptable target)

PI 1–Amoxicillin / amoxicillin-clavulanate (ratio)*

39.6%

81.4%

38.8%

10.8%

PI 2–Estimated duration of antibiotic prescriptions (%)*

62.8%

92.4%

73.7%

31.6%

PI 3–Prescriptions of not indicated antibiotics (%)*

73.0%

96.7%

86.0%

43.3%

PI 4–Prescriptions of rarely indicated antibiotics (%)*

10.5%

31.1%

7.3%

1.1%

  1. aThe score is displayed with median (1st quartile; 3rd quartile) and calculated as [(number of PIs applicable for each dentist and for whom the acceptable target is reached) / (number of PIs applicable for each dentist)]
  2. *p-value < 0.0001 for all PIs
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BMC Oral Health

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