Table 3.

Association Between Patient, Prescriber, Facility, Geographic, and Socioeconomic Characteristics and Antibiotic Prescribing

VariableAdjusted Odds Ratio Estimates95% Confidence Interval
Black race/ethnicitya,b1.291.22, 1.38
Hispanic race/ethnicitya,b0.940.87, 1.00
Asian race/ethnicitya,b0.880.77, 0.99
Other race/ethnicitya,b0.870.73, 1.04
Male1.101.06, 1.14
Patient age1.021.02, 1.02
Smoking1.181.14, 1.23
Median age housing, years1.001.00, 1.00
Owner occupied housing percent1.411.30, 1.53
Medicaid insurancea,c0.840.79, 0.89
Medicare insurancea,c0.830.78, 0.87
Exchange insurancea,c0.900.82, 0.98
Other insurancea,c0.980.71, 1.36
Emergency department setting a,d0.430.40, 0.46
Urgent care settinga,d1.261.22, 1.31
  • a Assessed as a categorical variable.

  • b Reference Caucasian.

  • c Reference Private Insurance.

  • d Reference Ambulatory Clinic Location.