Table 2:

Concordance between high antibiotic-prescribing metrics and high opioid-prescribing metrics (cross opioid–antibiotic class)

OpioidAntibiotic; κ (95% CI)*
InitiationSelectionDuration
Initiation0.00 (−0.02 to 0.02)0.16 (0.14 to 0.19)0.05 (0.03 to 0.07)
Selection−0.09 (−0.11 to −0.07)−0.02 (−0.04 to 0.00)0.03 (0.01 to 0.05)
Duration−0.09 (−0.11 to −0.07)0.03 (0.01 to 0.05)0.07 (0.05 to 0.09)
  • Note: CI = confidence interval.

  • * Values between −0.01 and −0.20 indicate slight disagreement, values including 0 indicate no agreement, and values between 0.01 and 0.20 indicate slight agreement.