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Medical resource use in a subcohort of patients as related to diagnostic tests indicative for a specific microorganism
| Medical resource | Overall (n = 138) | RSV (n = 49) |
B. pertussis (n = 45) |
Influenza (n = 27) |
Mixed infection (n = 17) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean number of visits | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| Referred to specialist (%) | 30 | 35 | 27 | 19 | 41 |
| Any prescriptions (%) | 85 | 90 | 82 | 78 | 88 |
| Antibiotics (%) | 64 | 73 | 53 | 63 | 65 |
| Antitussives (%) | 37 | 33 | 44 | 37 | 29 |
| Steroids (%) | 17 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 18 |
| Mucolytics (%) | 45 | 45 | 40 | 37 | 29 |
