Table 3. Characteristics of the sample.

Characteristic	Baseline 2011 n = 114	Post-implementation 2011 n = 114	p value	Post-implementation 2018 n = 216	p value
Age Mean (SD)	22.98 (21.07)	25.35 (20.42)	0.389	33.37 (28.05)	0.003
Gender
Male	56 (49.12)	51 (44.73)	0.507	96 (44.44)	0.959
Female	58 (50.87)	63 (55.26)	0.507	120 (55.55)	0.959
Diagnosis
Acute tonsillitis	23 (20.17)	4 (3.5)	<0.0001	19(8.79)	0.073
Acute pharyngitis	15 (13.15)	8 (7)	0.12	55 (25.46)	<0.0001
Acute nasopharyngitis	53 (47.49)	47 (41.2)	0.838	68 (31.48)	0.077
Acute laryngitis	13 (11.40)	14 (12.3)	0.838	1 (0.46)	<0.0001
Acute sinusitis	4 (3.50)	4 (3.50)	1	11 (5.09)	0.511
Acute bronchitis	3 (2.63)	5 (4.40)	0.472	36 (16.66)	0.001
Acute otitis media	2 (1.75)	6 (5.26)	0.150	8 (3.70)	0.504
Influenza	1 (0.87)	26 (22.80)	<0.0001	18 (8.33)	<0.0001
Comorbidity	4 (3.50)	3 (2.63)	0.701	4 (1.85)	0.640
Health professional
Emergency	75 (65.78)	81 (71.050	0.393	139 (64.35)	0.219
Family Medicine	39 (34.21)	33 (28.94)	0.393	77 (35.64)	0.219

Data are presented as number (percentage) of patients except where noted, SD: Standard deviation