Public's expectation for antibiotics before and after H1N1 influenza pandemic: based on comparable questions to adults 15 years and older asked in 2008, 2009 and 2011
| 2008 (N=1706) %* | 2009 (N=1707) %* | 2011 (N=1767), % (95% CI) | 2011 vs 2008, p Value | 2011 vs 2009, p Value | |
| Disagreed antibiotics work on most coughs and colds | 60 | 63 | 69 (65.2 to 71.6) | 0.003 | 0.03 |
| Expected GP/nurse to prescribe antibiotics if seeing him/her with | |||||
| Runny nose | 4 | 3 | 4 (2.3 to 5.3) | 0.81 | 0.28 |
| Cold | 7 | 8 | 6 (4.6 to 7.8) | 0.53 | 0.22 |
| Cough | 13 | 15 | 13 (11.3 to 15.8) | 0.65 | 0.45 |
| Sore throat | 19 | 17 | 17 (14.3 to 19.4) | 0.31 | 0.87 |
| Flu | 24 | 26 | 32 (28.7 to 34.9) | <0.001 | 0.004 |
| Asked GP/nurse for antibiotics in the past year | 28 | 29 | 26 (23.4 to 28.3) | 0.28 | 0.20 |
| Prescribed any kind of antibiotic in past year in the UK | 32 | 36 | 32 (28.8 to 34.5) | 0.96 | 0.06 |
↵* CIs available from authors.
GP, general practitioner.