Description of clinicians and carers sampled for the qualitative analysis
| Characteristic | N | % | |
| Clinician sample | |||
| Total clinicians in sample | 28 | 100% | |
| Study arm | Intervention | 16 | 57.1% |
| Control | 12 | 42.9% | |
| Clinician type | GP | 17 | 60.7% |
| Nurse | 11 | 39.3% | |
| Clinician recruitment rate | >20 children | 5 | 17.9% |
| 10–20 children | 11 | 39.3% | |
| <10 children | 12 | 42.9% | |
| Clinician antibiotic | >25% | 9 | 32.1% |
| Prescribing rate | 15%–24% | 9 | 32.1% |
| <15% | 10 | 35.7% | |
| Carer sample | |||
| Total carers in sample | 14 | 100% | |
| IMD quintile* | 1 (most deprived) | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2 | 5 | 35.7% | |
| 3 | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 5 (most affluent) | 3 | 21.4% | |
| Child age (in years) | <2 | 8 | 57.1% |
| 2–4 | 4 | 28.6% | |
| 5+ | 2 | 14.3% | |
| Hospitalisation risk | Low risk—home care | 5 | 35.7% |
| Treatment decision | Low risk—delayed antibiotics | 3 | 21.4% |
| Low risk—immediate antibiotics | 1 | 7.1% | |
| Medium risk—home care | 3 | 21.4% | |
| Medium risk—delayed antibiotics | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Medium risk—immediate antibiotics | 2 | 14.3% |
*IMD based on the postcode of the family home.
IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.