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%) |
URBMI Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, NRCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical System, CHI Commercial Health Insurance, WHC Welfare Health Care, PHC Preferential Health Care, OOP Out-of-pocket Payment, ED Emergency department, AURI Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
aThis group comprised the patients with the diagnosis of “acute laryngitis and tracheitis(J04)” and “acute obstructive laryngitis and epiglottitis (J05)”