Table 1 Demographic characteristics and factors affecting antibiotic prescription by family physicians in primary health care, Savojbolagh, Alborz province, Iran
From: Prescribing pattern of antibiotics by family physicians in primary health care
Variables | Prescription (1068) | Crude OR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
With antibiotic N = 607 | Without antibiotic N = 461 | Total (%) | |||
Age of patients | |||||
 Mean ± SD 32.4 ± 21.4 | 26.07 ± 19.3 | 40.7 ± 21.2 | 32.4 ± 21.4 | 4.47 (2.58–8.89) | 0.001 |
Sex of outpatients | |||||
 Male | 271 (63.3%) | 157 (36.7%) | 428 (40.0) | 1 | 0.001 |
 Female | 336 (52.5%) | 304 (47.5%) | 640 (60.0) | 1.56 (1.22–2.01) | 0.001 |
Sex of physicians | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 174 (57.8%) | 127 (46.2%) | 301 (27.2) | 1 | 1 |
 Female | 433 (56.5%) | 334 (44.5%) | 767 (71.8) | 1.6 (0.91–2.38) | 0.128 |
Seasons of year | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Autumn | 172 (64.4%) | 95 (35.6%) | 267 (25.0) | 1.51 (1.02–3.54) | 0.048 |
 Winter | 177 (66.3%) | 90 (33.7%) | 267 (25.0) | 2.36 (1.25–4.68) | 0.026 |
 Spring | 146 (54.7%) | 121 (45.3%) | 267 (25.0) | 1 | 1 |
 Summer | 112 (42.0%) | 155 (58.0%) | 267 (25.0) | 1.02 (0.78–1.68) | 0.421 |
Type of insurance booklet | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Rural and tribes | 216 (50.5%) | 212 (49.5%) | 428 (40.0) | 1 | 1 |
 Insurance social security | 333 (62.4%) | 201 (37.6%) | 534 (50.0) | 1.26 (0.87- 4.65) | 0.236 |
 Therapeutic services | 46 (55.4%) | 37 (44.6%) | 83 (7.7) | 1.19 (0.76- 6.12) | 0.452 |
 Armed forces | 12 (52.2%) | 11 (47.8%) | 23 (2.3) | 1.05 (0.82–2.54) | 0.760 |
Employment statues of physicians | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Regular hiring | 44 (53.0%) | 39 (47.0%) | 83 (7.7) | 1 | 1 |
 Contractual hiring | 20 (57.0%) | 15 (43.0%) | 35 (3.3) | 1.02 (0.33–1.54) | 0.898 |
 Family physician’s contract | 410 (57.0%) | 310 (43.0%) | 720 (67.4) | 0.95 (0.70–1.98) | 0.553 |
 Plan bill | 133 (58.0%) | 97 (42.0%) | 230 (21.5) | 0.88 (0.54–2.13) | 0.490 |
Experience of the physicians | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  < 2 years | 317 (61.0%) | 203 (39.0%) | 520 (48.7) | 1.38 (1.08–1.77) | 0.008 |
  ≥ 2 years | 290 (53.0%) | 258 (47.0%) | 548 (51.3) | 1 | 1 |
Graduation university | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Governmental university | 392 (55.3%) | 317 (44.7%) | 709 (66.4) | 0.83 (0.64–1.07) | 0.152 |
 Private university | 215 (60.0%) | 144 (40.0%) | 359 (33.6) | 1 | 1 |
Type of university* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Type Ι | 256 (55.5%) | 205 (44.5%) | 461 (43.2) | 1 | 1 |
 Type ΙI | 118 (53.0%) | 105 (47.0%) | 223 | 1.34 (0.83–2.45) | 0.330 |
 Type ΙII | 18 (72.0%) | 7 (28.0%) | 25 | 0.78 (0.76–1.12) | 0.188 |
Type of health center | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Rural | 243 (54.7%) | 201 (45.3%) | 444 | 1 | 1 |
 Urban | 49 (64.5%) | 27 (35.5%) | 76 | 0.86 (0.46–1.39) | 0.259 |
 Rural–urban | 315 (57.5%) | 233 (42.5%) | 548 | 1.90 (0.93–3.10) | 0.598 |