Table 1. Characteristics of patients and healthcare facilities included in the study.

			Number of NB-ARTI consultations (N = 17,208,787)	%
Patient Characteristics
	Male		8,987,136	52.2
	Mean age at consultation		20.0	-
	Age group
		0–3	4,974,435	28.9
		4–6	2,270,582	13.2
		7–12	1,983,064	11.5
		13–18	955,853	5.6
		19–29	1,308,577	7.6
		30–39	1,915,203	11.1
		40–49	1,803,954	10.5
		50–59	1,282,880	7.5
		60-	714,239	4.2
	Insurance status
		Insured member	4,632,919	26.9
		Family member	12,575,868	73.1
Facility Characteristics
	Specialty
		Internal medicine	9,148,220	53.2
		Paediatric	5,188,970	30.2
		ENT	1,655,730	9.6
		Others	1,215,867	7.1
	Operation type
		Clinic without bed	15,194,276	88.3
		Clinic with bed	359,993	2.1
		University hospital	76,036	0.4
		Municipal hospital	315,043	1.8
		Other hospital	1,263,439	7.3
Diagnosis
	Acute bronchitis (J20)		5163280	30.0
	Acute upper respiratory infections (J06)		4981832	29.0
	Acute pharyngitis (J02)		2419782	14.1
	Acute nasopharyngitis (J00)		1028080	6.0
	J06 & J20		847664	4.9
	J02 & J20		584844	3.4
	Acute tonsillitis (J03)		472562	2.8
	J02 & J06		302656	1.8
	J00 & J20		217127	1.3
	J00 & J06		201049	1.2
	others		989911	5.8
Fiscal year
	2012		2,279,159	13.2
	2013		3,330,801	19.4
	2014		3,547,177	20.6
	2015		3,643,026	21.2
	2016		3,647,077	21.2
	2017		761,547	4.4