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Characteristics of Medicaid patients with an upper respiratory tract infection (URI) episode (n = 69,936) |
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| Characteristic |
Number (%) |
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| Age (years) |
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| 0–5 |
20,213 (28.9%) |
| 6–21 |
21,843 (31.2%) |
| 22–44 |
17,125 (24.5%) |
| 45 and older |
10,755 (15.4%) |
| Gender |
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| Male |
26,602 (38.0%) |
| Female |
43,334 (62.0%) |
| Race |
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| White |
58,663 (83.9%) |
| Nonwhite |
11,273 (16.1%) |
| Number of URI episodes in one year |
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| 1 |
46,765 (66.9%) |
| 2 |
13,839 (19.8%) |
| 3 or more |
9,332 (13.3%) |
| Diagnosis of index URI episode |
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| Acute bronchitis |
19,344 (27.7%) |
| Common cold |
1,818 (2.6%) |
| Influenza with respiratory symptoms |
1,682 (2.4%) |
| Acute URI, other sites or not specified |
47,092 (67.3%) |
| Presence of concurrent acute illnesses |
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| Any acute condition |
10,012 (14%) |
| Otitis media |
5,505 (8) |
| Acute sinusitis |
2,373 (3) |
| Chronic sinusitis |
1,023 (1) |
| Pneumonia |
575 (< 1) |
| Strep pharyngitis |
540 (< 1) |
| Cellulitis |
117 (< 1) |
| Urinary tract infection |
68 (< 1) |
| Bacteremia |
13 (< 1) |
| History of chronic comorbid conditions* |
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| Yes |
1,763 (2.5%) |
| No |
68,173 (97.5%) |
| Physician specialty for index URI episode |
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| Family practice, general practice or internal medicine |
28,320 (40.5%) |
| Pediatrics |
4,139 (5.9%) |
| Emergency medicine |
4,411 (6.3%) |
| Other specialty |
33,066 (47.3%) |
| Season of index URI episode |
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| Winter |
24,575 (35.1%) |
| Spring |
15,786 (22.6%) |
| Summer |
10,650 (15.2%) |
| Fall |
18,925 (27.1%) |
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* One or more claims with a diagnosis of chronic bronchitis, immunodeficiency including HIV/AIDS, solid organ transplant or malignancy, one year prior to the index URI episode. | |
Zuckerman et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:47 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-47 |
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