Table 1, Selection Criteria - Interventions to Influence the Use of Antibiotics for Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

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Thompson W, McCormack S. Interventions to Influence the Use of Antibiotics for Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections [Internet]. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2021 Feb.

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Table 1Selection Criteria

Criteria	Description
Population	People of any age with suspected acute URTIs (e.g., cough, sore throat, AOM, uncomplicated pharyngitis, tonsillitis, rhinitis, common cold, influenza, uncomplicated sinusitis)
Intervention	Q1: Delayed antibiotic prescription filling Q2: Family medicine interventions to influence the use of antibiotics, used alone or in combinations, such as but not limited to: clinical decision rules, tool, or score charts (e.g., FeverPAIN score) point-of-care testing (e.g., C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, streptococcal antigen, multi-viral PCR), alternate “prescriptions” (e.g., “prescriptions” for lifestyle measure, comfort care)
Comparator	Q1 and Q2: Standard of care (e.g., immediate antibiotic prescription filling; no prescribed antibiotics)
Outcomes	Q1 and Q2: Clinical benefits (e.g., fever, pain, swelling, quality of life, number of consultations for the same illness) and harms (e.g., over-or underprescribing, hospital admissions, emergency department visits, morbidity [e.g., complications], mortality)
Study Designs	HTAs and SRs

: AOM = acute otitis media; HTA = health technology assessment; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; Q = question; SR = systematic review; URTI = upper respiratory tract infections.

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