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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Diagnosis and Management of Group a Streptococcal Pharyngitis in the United States, 2011–2015

Characteristic

All Ages

Age < 18 years

Age ≥ 18 years

No. of patients

11,631,556

5,333,333

6,293,223

Age, mean (SD), years

24.5 (18.5)

8.4 (4.9)

38.0 (14.4)

Sex, %

 Male

41.9

48.5

36.3

 Female

58.1

51.6

63.7

Region of the United States, %

 Northeast

17.7

18.1

17.4

 North central

22.5

23.3

21.8

 South

42.9

42.7

43.0

 West

14.7

13.5

15.8

 Unknown

2.2

2.4

2.0

Health plan type, %a

 Managed care (EPO/HMO)

12.5

12.5

12.5

 Preferred provider (POS/PPO)

71.0

70.5

71.5

 High deductible (CDHP/HDHP)

11.6

12.0

11.3

 Unknown

4.9

5.1

4.7

Distinct acute pharyngitis events, 2011–2015, %

 1

68.2

56.4

78.3

 2

18.2

21.7

15.3

 3

6.8

10.0

4.2

 ≥4

6.7

11.9

2.3

  1. aManaged care is with an established physician network to receive care: HMO, health maintenance organization, EPO, exclusive provider organization; Preferred provider is with an established physician network and the option to see provider out of the network generally with increased fees: POS, point of service; POS with cap, point of service with capitation; PPO, preferred provider organization; High deductible requires members to pay for services out of pocket until a limit is reached: HDHP, high-deductible health plan. Some include reimbursement from an account before the insurance starts: CDHP, consumer-driven health plan