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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of all cases in RG and PCNs (n = 3,129,289) and distribution per indexed diagnoses

From: Antibiotic prescribing for acute, non-complicated infections in primary care in Germany: baseline assessment in the cluster randomized trial ARena

Cases

RG

PCNs

Age: Mean (SD)

34.3 (21.07)

47.5 (18.94)

Sex: Female n (%)

1,633,772 (52.5)

10,594 (58.2)

Nationality: n (%)

  

 German

2,353,362 (75.6)

15,980 (87.8)

 Eastern European

548,307 (17.6)

1630 (9.0)

 Southern European

109,871 (3.5)

355 (1.9)

 Northern European

29,508 (0.9)

79 (0.4%)

 Other

70,034 (2.3)

163 (0.9)

Insurance status: n (%)

  

 Main member

1,857,770 (59.7)

12,278 (67.4)

 Family member

876,894 (28.2)

2024 (11.1)

 Retired member

319,600 (10.3)

3787 (20.8)

Employment “yes”: n (%)

1,881,657 (60.5)

12,143 (66.7)

Upper respiratory tract infections %

69.2

65.3

Bronchitis %

24.1

29.3

Sinusitis %

7.7

10.1

Tonsilitis %

8.6

5.6

Otitis media %

7.0

4.7