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Table 1 Clinic characteristics including numbers of presentations and patients 2013 to 2017; and age and sex distribution of patients

From: Burden of antimicrobial prescribing in primary care attributable to sore throat: a retrospective cohort study of patient record data

 

Clinic 1

Clinic 2

Clinic 3

Clinic 4

Clinic 5

Clinic 6

Clinic 7

Clinic 8

Total visits

78,734

64,368

30,611

44,084

210,953

74,921

116,649

102,019

Average total visits per year

15,747

12,874

6,122

8,817

42,191

14,984

23,330

20,404

Total unique patients

4,155

8,599

9,049

4,837

13,034

9,856

8,389

7,530

Average visit number per patient, 2013–2017 (IQR)

10

(4, 23)

4

(2, 10)

2

(1, 4)

1

(1, 4)

8

(3, 19)

4

(2, 10)

6

(2, 18)

8

(3, 17)

Patient characteristics

Sexa

 Female

2,305 (55.5%)

4,437

(51.6%)

5,524 (61.0%)

1,142 (23.6%)

7,890 (60.5%)

5,529 (56.1%)

4,705 (56.1%)

4,459 (59.2%)

 Male

1,845 (44.4%)

4,161 (48.4%)

3,475 (38.4%)

3,653 (75.5%)

5,140 (39.4%)

4,326 (43.9%)

3,678 (43.8%)

3,066 (40.7%)

 Ageb (years) (IQR)

41

(24, 57)

30

(12, 42)

30

(25, 37)

38

(26, 51)

32

(18, 50)

32

(16, 48)

32

(18, 52)

36

(21, 51)

  1. a114 patients had other values recorded for sex (104 missing, 7 other, 3 unknown)
  2. b26 patients were missing age