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Table 3 The cost of medical services used in association with otitis media

From: The effect of tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy on medical services used in association with otitis media based on Korean national sample cohort data

Age in 2005 Period before or after T&A 3  years before 2  years before 1  year before 1  year after 2 
years after 		3  years
after 		4  years
after 		5  years
after 		6 years after 7 years after 8  years
after
Total Non-T&A (B) 25,627 30,854 31,307 19,943 15,802 8660 8613 4450 3221 3478 5712
T&A (A) 27,231 32,552 128,041 29,397 12,812 10,353 11,248 5232 4716 3269 2561
Differences (A-B) 1604 1698 96,735 9454 v2990 1692 2635 783 1496 −209 −3151
P value 0.721 0.750 <0.001 0.089 0.524 0.493 0.561 0.603 0.261 0.913 0.167
3-4 years old Non-T&A (B) 38,446 56,065 76,974 56,097 53,905 26,082 9159 7042 3785 566 2517
T&A (A) 31,353 44,321 301,891 63,005 16,618 11,605 10,499 7495 8463 1043 11,423
Differences (A-B) −7093 −11,744 224,917 6908 −37,287 −14,477 1340 453 4678 476 8907
P value 0.742 0.533 0.010 0.802 0.239 0.179 0.882 0.945 0.511 0.668 0.299
5-6 years old Non-T&A (B) 30,588 43,603 38,732 26,306 17,152 10,583 14,552 5450 4674 3815 3569
T&A (A) 35,905 37,629 151,749 41,379 19,278 12,864 16,506 4227 5900 6255 952
Differences (A-B) 5316 −5974 113,017 15,073 2126 2281 1954 −1224 1227 2440 −2616
P value 0.545 0.482 < 0.001 0.129 0.742 0.624 0.856 0.510 0.618 0.591 0.004
7-8 years old Non-T&A (B) 22,835 22,062 23,036 6814 13,514 4584 4271 3553 2245 3725 8658
T&A (A) 21,184 39,552 95,650 20,627 9389 12,049 11,332 6378 4110 1519 3376
Differences (A-B) −1651 17,490 72,614 13,813 −4125 7465 7060 2825 1865 −2206 −5282
P value 0.804 0.137 0.010 0.053 0.692 0.057 0.040 0.258 0.332 0.111 0.392
9-10 years old Non-T&A (B) 16,315 11,704 15,617 16,544 5184 5848 3431 3075 1691 3322 6392
T&A (A) 18,445 9274 77,243 9319 4467 2796 1485 4768 2225 881 1688
Differences (A-B) 2130 −2431 61,627 −7225 −718 −3052 −1946 1693 534 −2441 −4705
P value 0.816 0.600 0.056 0.531 0.766 0.383 0.242 0.693 0.680 0.096 0.310
  1. T&A tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy
  2. Data are presented as Korean Won (KRW), italic indicates P value < 0.05
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