Table 1 Change in physicians' self-reported, initial approach to the well-appearing young child, with relation to PCV vaccination status
Not vaccinated child | Vaccinated child | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary care pediatricians | Hospital pediatricians | Pediatric residents | Total | Primary care pediatricians | Hospital pediatricians | Pediatric residents | Total | |
Blood examination n (%) | 76 (25.3) | 82 (32.7) | 47 (33.8) | 205 (29.7) | 55 (18.3) | 52 (20.7) | 32 (23.0) | 139 (20.1) |
Empiric antibiotic treatment n (%) | 19 (6.3) | 19 (7.6) | 14 (10.1) | 52 (7.5) | 7 (2.3) | 7 (2.8) | 7 (5.0) | 21 (3.0) |
Wait-and see n (%) | 197 (65.7) | 147 (58.6) | 75 (54.0) | 419 (60.7) | 228 (76.0) | 188 (74.9) | 96 (69.1) | 512 (74.2) |
Not answer n (%) | 8 (2.7) | 3 (1.2) | 3 (2.2) | 14 (2.0) | 10 (3.3) | 4 (1.6) | 4 (2.9) | 18 (2.6) |
P * | 0.013 | <0.0001 | 0.021 | <0.0001 | ||||