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Table 3 Health care use during an episode of varicella in children < 6 years of age, the Netherlands, 2007

From: The burden of varicella from a parent's perspective and its societal impact in The Netherlands: an Internet survey

 

Children without complications

(n = 2,092)

Children with one or more complications (n = 472)

All children (n = 2,564)

 

N (%)

Mean number of

consultations (range)

N (%)

Mean number of

consultations (range)

N (%)

Mean number of

consultations (range)

GP telephone consultation

324 (15.5)

1.1 (1-3)

119 (25.2)

1.2 (1-4)

443 (17.3)

1.1 (1-4)

GP visit (not during weekend/night)

344 (16.4)

1.1 (1-5)

179 (37.9)

1.2 (1-10)

543 (21.2)

1.1 (1-10)

GP visited during weekend

22 (1.1)

1.0 (1-2)

27 (5.7)

1.2 (1-5)

49 (1.9)

1.1 (1-5)

GP visit during night

4 (0.2)

1.0 (1-1)

4 (0.8)

1.0 (1-1)

8 (0.3)

1.0 (1-1)

GP home visit

3 (0.1)

1.3 (1-2)

12 (2.5)

1.6 (1-3)

15 (0.6)

1.5 (1-3)

Visit emergency department

8 (0.4)

1.1 (1-2)

25 (5.3)

1.2 (1-3)

33 (1.3)

1.2 (1-3)

Consultation specialist care

6 (0.3)

1.2 (1-2)

14 (3.0)

1.6 (1-5)

20 (0.8)

1.5 (1-5)

No medical doctor's consultation

1406 (67.2)

 

185 (39.2)

 

1,591 (62.1)

 

Medical doctor's consultation

686 (32.8)

 

287 (60.8)

 

973 (37.9)

 

Hospitalizations

3 (0.1)

Mean duration: 4.7 days

14 (3.0)

Mean duration: 7.1 days

17 (0.7)

Mean duration 6.7 days

Drugs prescribed

161 (7.7)

 

149 (31.6)

 

310 (12.1)

 

   Antibiotics

55 (2.6)

 

82 (17.4)

 

137 (5.3)

 

   Other drugs

106 (5.1)

 

67 (14.2)

 

173 (6.7)

 

OTC drugs

1501 (71.7)

 

355 (75.2)

 

1,856 (72.4)

 
  1. All differences statistically significant (Chi-square test, p < 0.05)