Trends in the number of patients tested and antibiotic prescriptions, including overall antimicrobials, penicillin, cephalosporins, quinolones, macrolides, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, and other antimicrobials.

Dots indicate the antibacterial prescription rates of these antimicrobials; dots and bars represent the individual monthly totals from January 2019 to December 2021.</p

Interrupted time series analysis with monthly antibiotic prescription rate, number of antibiotic prescriptions, and number of patient visits with RAT or FilmArray test as outcome.

Interrupted time series analysis with monthly antibiotic prescription rate, number of antibiotic prescriptions, and number of patient visits with RAT or FilmArray test as outcome.</p

Patient characteristics and monthly antimicrobial prescription rates during the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods.

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Patient characteristics and antimicrobial prescription rates during the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods.

Patient characteristics and antimicrobial prescription rates during the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods.</p