Indicator | No of children with at least one PIP | No of eligible children | Children prescribed at least one PIP (%) | 95% CI |
Carbocisteine should not be prescribed to children | 13 546 | 414 856 | 3.27 | 3.21 to 3.32 |
Intranasal beclometasone should not be prescribed to children under 6 years of age | 358 | 144 161 | 0.25 | 0.22 to 0.27 |
Sedating antihistamines should not be prescribed to children under 2 years of age | 86 | 46 437 | 0.19 | 0.15 to 0.22 |
Codeine/dihydrocodeine medications should not be prescribed to children under 12 years of age | 414 | 312 571 | 0.13 | 0.12 to 0.15 |
Loperamide should not be prescribed to children under 4 years of age | 89 | 92 874 | 0.10 | 0.08 to 0.11 |
Tetracyclines should not be prescribed to children under 12 years of age | 182 | 312 571 | 0.06 | 0.05 to 0.07 |
Domperidone should not be prescribed concomitantly with erythromycin | 86 | 414 856 | 0.02 | 0.02 to 0.03 |
PIP, potentially inappropriate prescribing; PIPc, PIP in children.