Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients prescribed CSs [Objective A-2]

Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Patients prescribed CSs, n	17	13	21	44	55	111	212	259	360	428	576
Sex, male, n [%]	13 [76.5]	10 [76.9]	17 [81.0]	29 [65.9]	31 [56.4]	68 [61.3]	148 [69.8]	163 [62.9]	237 [65.8]	263 [61.4]	364 [63.2]
Age, years, median [IQR]	40.0 [29.0, 43.0]	38.0 [29.0, 42.0]	36.0 [31.0, 45.0]	39.5 [30.8, 44.3]	41.0 [31.5, 51.0]	35.0 [28.0, 46.0]	41.0 [31.8, 48.3]	41.0 [32.0, 50.0]	40.0 [31.0, 49.0]	41.0 [30.0, 50.0]	41.0 [30.0, 51.0]
Medical institution visited on the index date, n [%]
University hospital	3 [17.6]	1 [7.7]	3 [14.3]	15 [34.1]	9 [16.4]	14 [12.6]	33 [15.6]	42 [16.2]	61 [16.9]	67 [15.7]	98 [17.0]
National/public hospital	8 [47.1]	3 [23.1]	3 [14.3]	10 [22.7]	11 [20.0]	19 [17.1]	37 [17.5]	39 [15.1]	43 [11.9]	58 [13.6]	78 [13.5]
Clinic [<20 beds]	5 [29.4]	8 [61.5]	10 [47.6]	10 [22.7]	17 [30.9]	31 [27.9]	47 [22.2]	77 [29.7]	112 [31.1]	133 [31.1]	184 [31.9]
Other hospitala	1 [5.9]	1 [7.7]	5 [23.8]	9 [20.5]	18 [32.7]	47 [42.3]	95 [44.8]	101 [39.0]	144 [40.0]	170 [39.7]	216 [37.5]

Abbreviations: CS, corticosteroid; IQR, interquartile range; UC, ulcerative colitis.

^aHospital with ≥20 beds other than a university hospital or national/public hospital.