Table 2 Outcome measures in study of the effect of a pedagogic intervention towards groups of Norwegian GPs, concerning antibiotic prescription for respiratory tract infections (RTIs)

Baseline data collected during one year:

   Proportion of consultations with antibiotic prescription of all consultations with respiratory tract diagnoses

   Proportion of consultations with antibiotic prescription of consultations with specified RTIs

   Proportion of consultations with narrow-spectrum antibiotic prescription of all antibiotic prescription

   Predictors for high and low antibiotic prescription

Change as measured one year after pedagogic intervention:

   Change in total antibiotic prescription for respiratory tract diagnoses

   Change in proportion of consultations with antibiotic prescription of all consultations with respiratory tract diagnoses

   Change in proportion of consultations with antibiotic prescription of consultations specified RTIs

   Change in proportion of consultations with narrow-spectrum antibiotic prescription of all antibiotic prescription

   Predictors for change in total antibiotic prescription and proportion narrow-spectrum antibiotics

Use of delayed prescriptions:

   Proportion of use of delayed prescriptions by all antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract diagnoses

   Proportion of use of delayed prescriptions by antibiotic prescriptions for specified respiratory tract diagnoses

   Predictors for high/low use of delayed prescriptions

   Comparisons between antibiotic prescriptions and data from the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD)

   Proportion and delay of dispensed antibiotic prescriptions compared to prescribed antibiotics

Refund of antibiotics:

   Proportion of antibiotics prescribed with full refund