Please not that there seems to be no-one who uses antibiotics.(a review of the full abstract revealed that no antibiotics were consumed) I wonder what the percentage of patients with URT infections who recieve antibiotics in this clinic is.
But if no perscriptions were written then there would be no reason to go to the doctor for anything but severe URT infections ;-)
Family Medicine Clinic Survey on the Treatment of Upper Respiratory Tract
Infections
Comment. Our family medicine clinic staff use a wide variety of therapies
to treat the symptoms of their upper respiratory tract infections. Most
commonly used measures include extra rest, hot tea with honey and/or lemon,
and antipyretics. The next most commonly used therapies were ascorbic acid,
echinacea, zinc lozenges, decongestants, chicken soup, and positive thinking.
(Arch Fam Med. 1998;7:517-518)