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Table 2 Annual ARI prevalence categorized by year, type of provider seen, and antibiotic receipta

From: Antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections in the United States outpatient setting

Year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ARI Visits

70,564,592

70,866,608

73,615,067

78,723,720

85,523,707

82,353,481

Physician

66,303,919 (93.9%)

66,680,009 (94.1%)

67,972,755 (92.3%)

71,130,678 (90.4%)

75,152,677 (87.9%)

74,249,092 (90.2%)

Nurse practitioner

2,939,945 (4.2%)

2,665,883 (3.8%)

4,037,377 (5.5%)

4,477,586 (5.7%)

6,999,795 (8.2%)

5,094,616 (6.2%)

Physician assistant

1,320,728 (1.9%)

1,520,716 (2.2%)

1,604,935 2.2%)

3,115,456 (3.9%)

3,371,235 (3.9%)

3,009,773 (3.7%)

Received any antibiotic

10,927,504 (15.5%)

12,176,720 (17.2%)

10,087,197 (13.7%)

12,463,573 (15.8%)

12,570,746 (14.7%)

9,748,572 (11.8%)

Received broad-spectrum

7,013,417 (9.9%)

7,308,493 (10.3%)

5,988,583 (8.1%)

7,805,243 (9.9%)

8,260,365 (9.7%)

5,329,877 (6.5%)

  1. Abbreviations: ARI acute respiratory tract infection
  2. a Data presented as number of ARI visits, and number of visits (%)
  3. Broad-spectrum includes: quinolones, macrolides (azithromycin and clarithromycin), amoxicillin/clavulanate, ketolides (oral telithromycin), cephalosporins (2nd and 3rd generations), and clindamycin