Number of ABs that would be avoided by reducing clinician prescribing to various percentile thresholds for various AB-prescribing measures
| AB measure* | Thresholds based on distributions of prescribing measures across all clinicians (from low to high) | ||||
| 5th percentile N | 25th percentile N | Median N | 75th percentile N | 95th percentile N | |
| Standardised rate of AB prescribing | 272 164 | 154 597 | 87 711 | 40 125 | 7206 |
| Level of AB prescribing for incident common infections (URTI, LRTI or UTI) | 66 427 | 44 493 | 27 742 | 13 747 | 3042 |
| Repeat AB courses within 30 days | 65 791 | 38 871 | 21 813 | 9892 | 1645 |
| NNT to prevent one infection-related hospital admission | 159 454 | 75 568 | 24 551 | 7367 | 916 |
| Mean number of prior ABs in 3 years before in patients prescribed AB | 43 989 | 20 026 | 9018 | 3186 | 367 |
*Per 1000 clinicians per year.
AB, antibiotic; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection; NNT, Number Needed to Treat; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection; UTI, urinary tract infection.