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Causal DAG — Prescribing and Resistant Infection

Causal graph linking primary-care antibiotic prescribing to resistant urinary infection, with prior colonisation as a mediator and care-home residence as a confounder acting through both paths.

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Primary care prescribing and resistant urinary infectionXBroad-spectrum prescribing rateYResistant E. coli urinary infectionCGut colonisation with resistant strainsRCare home residenceADJUST FORGPrior hospital admissionADJUST FORTLocal transmission pressureDDiagnostic testing intensityADJUST FORKComorbidity burdenADJUST FORExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedIdentifiable — adjust for `Care home residence` + `Prior hospital admission` + `Diagnostic testing intensity` + `Comorbidity burden`.Adjust for `Care home residence` + `Prior hospital admission` + `Diagnostic testing intensity` + `Comorbidity burden` — a minimal sufficient set. Conditioning on …

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title "Primary care prescribing and resistant urinary infection"
exposure X "Broad-spectrum prescribing rate"
outcome Y "Resistant E. coli urinary infection"
mediator C "Gut colonisation with resistant strains"
confounder R "Care home residence"
confounder G "Prior hospital admission"
unobserved T "Local transmission pressure"
node D "Diagnostic testing intensity"
node K "Comorbidity burden"
X -> C
C -> Y
X -> Y
R -> X
R -> Y
R -> C
G -> X
G -> Y
K -> X
K -> Y
D -> X
D -> Y
T -> C
T -> Y