Upper respiratory tract infections.
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The routine, easiest-to-treat URI PTEs utilized 1.1 office visits during the course of a PTE. This patient group also received 0.05 tests, 0.66 laboratory and pathology services, and 0.05 medical/surgical procedures during the course of a PTE averaging 9.6 days in length. The major cost driver for URI PTEs was physician visits. Approximately 62% of URI PTEs produced a claim for prescription drug therapy. Overall, URI patients were treated with 1.3 prescriptions per PTE. Thirty-two percent of all PTEs received one-drug group and 17.5% received two-drug group treatments. Amoxicillin was the most commonly used drug for these patients.
Adult, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Office Visits, Episode of Care, Managed Care Programs, Middle Aged, Drug Utilization, United States, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Anti-Infective Agents, Cost of Illness, Health Care Surveys, Humans, Registries, Respiratory Tract Infections
Adult, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Office Visits, Episode of Care, Managed Care Programs, Middle Aged, Drug Utilization, United States, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Anti-Infective Agents, Cost of Illness, Health Care Surveys, Humans, Registries, Respiratory Tract Infections
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