Table 1. Percent of Children Ages 30 Months to 13 Years With Unresponsive Acute Otitis Media by Type and Cost of Oral Antibiotics

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Table 1. Percent of Children Ages 30 Months to 13 Years With Unresponsive Acute Otitis Media by Type and Cost of Oral Antibiotics

Antibiotic	Cost range (10-day course)	Percent of children prescribed a second course of antibiotics
Antibiotic	Cost range (10-day course)	Within 10 days	Within 24 days
Amoxicillin	$2.94-$5.88	2.8	11.6
Amoxicillin/clavulanate	$48.70-$97.44	3.1	13.3
Cefaclor	$41.83-$86.16	2.2	10.7
Cefixime	$44.33-$86.16	2.1	12.9
Erythromycin with sulfa	$24.99-$48.36	3.3	12.3
Trimethoprim with sulfa	$1.35-$6.92	1.8	13.4

Source: Berman S, Byrns PJ, Bondy J, et al. Otitis media-related antibiotic prescribing patterns, outcomes, and expenditures in a pediatric Medicaid population. Pediatrics 1997; 100(4):585-92.

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