Table 1 Characteristics of outpatient visits of pediatric AURI patients in 2015–2017
Characteristics | Total | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 1,002,687) | (N = 326,617) | (N = 357,366) | (N = 318,704) | |||||
Sex (n, %) | ||||||||
Male | 556,797 | (55.5%) | 182,885 | (56.0%) | 198,389 | (55.5%) | 175,523 | (55.1%) |
Female | 445,890 | (44.5%) | 143,732 | (44.0%) | 158,977 | (44.5%) | 143,181 | (44.9%) |
Age (n, %) | ||||||||
≤ 28 days | 1503 | (0.1%) | 469 | (0.1%) | 575 | (0.2%) | 459 | (0.1%) |
> 28 days and < 1 year | 78,274 | (7.8%) | 29,428 | (9.0%) | 24,848 | (7.0%) | 23,998 | (7.5%) |
1–4 years old | 509,471 | (50.8%) | 172,800 | (52.9%) | 182,607 | (51.1%) | 154,064 | (48.3%) |
5–14 years old | 413,439 | (41.2%) | 123,920 | (37.9%) | 149,336 | (41.8%) | 140,183 | (44.0%) |
Economic region (n, %) | ||||||||
Northeast | 115,570 | (11.5%) | 38,762 | (11.9%) | 43,132 | (12.1%) | 33,676 | (10.6%) |
East | 618,017 | (61.6%) | 202,141 | (61.9%) | 225,812 | (63.2%) | 190,064 | (59.6%) |
Central | 106,459 | (10.6%) | 37,065 | (11.3%) | 35,981 | (10.1%) | 33,413 | (10.5%) |
West | 162,641 | (16.2%) | 48,649 | (14.9%) | 52,441 | (14.7%) | 61,551 | (19.3%) |
Type of health insurance or health care plan (n, %) | ||||||||
URBMI | 178,917 | (17.8%) | 49,019 | (15.0%) | 64,993 | (18.2%) | 64,905 | (20.4%) |
NRCMS | 5274 | (0.5%) | 1501 | (0.5%) | 1978 | (0.6%) | 1795 | (0.6%) |
CHI | 472 | (0.0%) | 193 | (0.1%) | 146 | (0.0%) | 133 | (0.0%) |
WHC | 6458 | (0.6%) | 2397 | (0.7%) | 2298 | (0.6%) | 1763 | (0.6%) |
PHC | 141,413 | (14.1%) | 40,030 | (12.3%) | 46,172 | (12.9%) | 55,211 | (17.3%) |
OOP | 660,292 | (65.9%) | 229,749 | (70.3%) | 238,004 | (66.6%) | 192,539 | (60.4%) |
Others | 9861 | (1.0%) | 3728 | (1.1%) | 3775 | (1.1%) | 2358 | (0.7%) |
Type of the consultation (n, %) | ||||||||
General consultation | 337,423 | (33.7%) | 109,376 | (33.5%) | 119,134 | (33.3%) | 108,913 | (34.2%) |
Expert consultation | 228,325 | (22.8%) | 80,719 | (24.7%) | 83,961 | (23.5%) | 63,645 | (20.0%) |
General consultation in ED | 367,579 | (36.7%) | 115,947 | (35.5%) | 128,739 | (36.0%) | 122,893 | (38.6%) |
Expert consultation in ED | 69,360 | (6.9%) | 20,575 | (6.3%) | 25,532 | (7.1%) | 23,253 | (7.3%) |
Classification of AURI (n, %) | ||||||||
Acute nasopharyngitis | 1094 | (0.1%) | 268 | (0.1%) | 452 | (0.1%) | 374 | (0.1%) |
Acute sinusitis | 3867 | (0.4%) | 1213 | (0.4%) | 1262 | (0.4%) | 1392 | (0.4%) |
Acute pharyngitis | 57,775 | (5.8%) | 18,331 | (5.6%) | 19,875 | (5.5%) | 19,569 | (6.1%) |
Acute tonsillitis | 137,128 | (13.7%) | 40,537 | (12.4%) | 48,642 | (13.6%) | 47,949 | (15.0%) |
Acute laryngitis, tracheitis & epiglottitis a | 70,919 | (7.1%) | 22,489 | (6.9%) | 25,707 | (7.2%) | 22,723 | (7.1%) |
Unspecified AURI | 731,904 | (73.0%) | 243,779 | (74.6%) | 261,428 | (73.2%) | 226,697 | (71.1%) |