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. 2022 May 26;5(5):e2214153. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.14153

Table 3. Annual National Attributable 30-Day Expenditures of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among the US Commercially Insured Population, Aged 6 Months to 17 Yearsa.

Index diagnoses Attributable expenditures, 2018 US $
Inpatient medical Emergency department Outpatient medical Outpatient pharmacy Total
Bacterial infections (primary analysis)
Suppurative OM 1 235 313 777 904 7 846 200 15 441 487 25 300 317
Pharyngitis −750 188 2 564 653 6 706 388 12 752 577 21 271 338
Sinusitis −503 873 277 773 407 416 6 899 358 7 078 513
Viral infections (secondary analysis)
Influenza −98 806 −53 888 1 132 300 615 754 1 594 541
Viral URI 5 430 897 439 555 8 243 074 5 023 360 19 132 099
Bronchiolitis −334 451 48 984 88 877 159 028 −37 871
Bronchitis 1 059 296 −2 593 873 −4 624 124 2 988 452 −3 173 797
Non-suppurative OM −16 270 −962 935 −17 980 659 3 569 023 −15 395 644

Abbreviations: OM, otitis media; URI, upper respiratory infection.

a

Bronchiolitis cohort was restricted to ages 6 months to 3 years; bronchitis cohort was restricted to ages 5 to 17 years. The 95% confidence intervals are presented in eTable 16 in the Supplement.