Abstract
QuickStats: Percentage* of Emergency Department Visits for Acute Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infection† at Which an Antimicrobial Was Given or Prescribed,§ by Age - United States, 2010-2017¶.
Highlights
Percentage* of Emergency Department Visits for Acute Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infection† at Which an Antimicrobial Was Given or Prescribed,§ by Age — United States, 2010–2017¶
* With 95% confidence intervals indicated with error bars. † Acute viral upper respiratory tract infection defined as a visit with only one listed diagnosis including the following codes, that are generally viral in etiology, from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth
CM J04 and J05, ICD-9-CM 465.xx, ICD-10 CM J06, or ICD-9-CM 786.2, ICD-10 CM R05. § Antimicrobial medications included drugs categorized as anti-infectives, derived from Level 1 therapeutic categories from Multum Lexicon Plus. ¶ Based on a sample of visits to emergency departments in noninstitutional general and short-stay hospitals, exclusive of federal, military, and Veterans Administration hospitals, located in the 50 states and the District of Columbia
Summary
FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS Percentage* of Emergency Department Visits for Acute Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infection† at Which an Antimicrobial Was Given or Prescribed,§ by Age — United States, 2010–2017¶ * With 95% confidence intervals indicated with error bars.
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