Table 3 Logistic regression for the association between parental SMA and antibiotic prescribing in clinical settings
|  | Prescribed antibiotics by doctors (n = 1275) | Prescribed IV antibiotics by doctors # (n = 1275) | Prescribed both oral and IV antibiotics by doctors (n = 1275) | Asked for antibiotics (n = 1275) | Asked for IV antibiotics (n = 1275) | Antibiotic requests fulfilled by doctors (n = 100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMA for children | ||||||
 No | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
 Yes | 7.79 (5.74,10.58)*** | 3.05 (2.27,4.11)*** | 3.42 (2.42,4.84)*** | 4.05 (2.59,6.31)*** | 2.58 (1.40,4.76)** | 3.22 (1.20,8.63)* |
Province | ||||||
 Guangxi | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
 Shaanxi | 0.79 (0.58,1.07) | 0.83 (0.58,1.17) | 0.59 (0.39,0.88)** | 0.89 (0.53,1.48) | 0.69 (0.34,1.39) | 2.44 (0.65,9.26) |
 Zhejiang | 0.67 (0.48,0.96)* | 1.37 (0.90,2.06) | 0.92 (0.57,1.50) | 1.34 (0.71,2.52) | 0.56 (0.22,1.41) | 2.05 (0.40,10.48) |
Gender of children | ||||||
 Male | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
 Female | 0.90 (0.71,1.16) | 0.79 (0.59,1.05) | 0.84 (0.60,1.18) | 1.19 (0.78,1.81) | 1.27 (0.70,2.32) | 1.56 (0.54,4.53) |
Age of children (Mean, SD) | 1.01 (0.97,1.05) | 1.01 (0.96,1.06) | 1.02 (0.96,1.08) | 1.04 (0.97,1.12) | 1.08 (0.98,1.19) | 0.94 (0.81,1.10) |
Relationship with children | ||||||
 Father | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
 Mother | 1.36 (0.99,1.88) | 0.75 (0.52,1.07) | 0.88 (0.57,1.35) | 0.53 (0.33,0.87)* | 0.65 (0.32,1.29) | 1.94 (0.63,5.98) |
Education level | ||||||
 Middle school and under | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
 High school | 1.24 (0.87,1.77) | 1.17 (0.78,1.74) | 1.38 (0.87,2.18) | 0.59 (0.34,1.04) | 0.45 (0.20,1.00)* | 0.59 (0.16,2.16) |
 Junior college and above | 1.34 (0.93,1.94) | 1.19 (0.78,1.81) | 1.13 (0.69,1.86) | 0.52 (0.28,0.95)* | 0.40 (0.17,0.95)* | 1.51 (0.36,6.30) |
Residence | ||||||
 Rural | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
 Urban | 1.36 (1.04,1.78)* | 0.92 (0.67,1.25) | 0.91 (0.63,1.31) | 1.01 (0.63,1.60) | 0.88 (0.45,1.69) | 0.68 (0.20,2.35) |
Parent with medical background | ||||||
 Yes | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
 No | 1.45 (0.98,2.13) | 1.63 (0.97,2.73) | 1.67 (0.88,3.16) | 0.92 (0.45,1.89) | 1.54 (0.45,5.22) | 1.89 (0.41,8.76) |
Average monthly household income (RMB) | ||||||
  < =3000 | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
 3001–5000 | 1.19 (0.82,1.74) | 0.74 (0.49,1.12) | 0.86 (0.53,1.38) | 1.01 (0.56,1.82) | 1.18 (0.51,2.74) | 2.25 (0.55,9.17) |
 5001–10,000 | 1.11 (0.73,1.67) | 0.71 (0.44,1.12) | 0.81 (0.47,1.40) | 0.84 (0.41,1.71) | 1.93 (0.73,5.12) | 1.50 (0.26,8.53) |
  > =10,001 | 1.04 (0.63,1.71) | 0.52 (0.29,0.93)* | 0.67 (0.34,1.33) | 0.82 (0.34,1.95) | 1.50 (0.42,5.38) | 3.16 (0.39,25.90) |