Table 2.

 Characteristics of consultations for sore throat

	Sore throat arm
	Intervention group (n=7544)	Control group (n=4825)
No of consultations	10 418	6 521
Median No (range) of consultations per patient	1 (1-24)	1 (1-9)
Mean (SD) age (years)	27.5 (19.7)	28.1 (19.1)
No (%) female	4293 (56.9)	2823 (58.5)
No (%) of consultations for patients with diagnoses for sore throat:
Throat symptoms or complaints	3009 (28.9)	1664 (25.5)
Tonsil symptoms or complaints	133 (1.3)	98 (1.5)
Streptococcus throat	3151 (30.2)	2211 (33.9)
Acute tonsillitis	4289 (41.2)	2602 (39.9)