Volume 11, Number 6—June 2005
Research
Impact of Statewide Program To Promote Appropriate Antimicrobial Drug Use
Table 4
Changes in antimicrobial drug prescribing by specialty and state, 1998–2003*
Specialty | Wisconsin prescribing rate |
Minnesota prescribing rate |
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1998 | 2003 | % reduction | 1998 | 2003 | % reduction | p value† | |
Family practice | 810 | 631 | 22 | 843 | 685 | 19 | 0.11 |
Internal medicine | 540 | 447 | 17 | 366 | 329 | 10 | 0.03 |
Pediatrics | 1,126 | 891 | 21 | 1,068 | 751 | 30 | 0.006 |
Emergency medicine | 519 | 451 | 13 | 306 | 303 | 1 | 0.25 |
*The annual antimicrobial drug prescribing rate was calculated by dividing the number of new filled prescriptions by the number of prescribers in each specialty.
†p value for comparison of reduction in Wisconsin vs. Minnesota.
1Carolyn Janette is currently affiliated with Meriter Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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