Table 1

Description of participants

ID	Gender and age^*	Diagnosis	Wage-earners in household	Siblings in household	Days of illness prior to admission^†	Consultations prior to day admitted^‡	Antibiotics prescribed prior to admission
1	F, 9	Empyema	2	1	21	GP	No
2	M, 2	Empyema	2	0	9	GP	Yes
3	M, 2	Empyema	2	0	9	GP (2)	Delayed^§
4	F, 4	Empyema	0	1	21	GP	No
5	F, 13	Empyema	1^**	1	23	GP (2)	Yes
6	F, 11	Empyema	1	1	21	GP, GP phone	Yes
7	M, 2	Pneumonia	2	0	13	None	No
8	M, 3	Empyema	0	0	4	A&E	No
9	M, 3	Pneumonia	1+1^**	1	2	GP	No
10	F, 4	Pneumonia	1	2	6	OOH	Yes
11	M, 9	Pneumonia	2	2	4	None	No
12	F, 9	Peritonsillar abscess	^**	1	6	GP	Delayed^¶
13	M, 6	Empyema	2	1	42	A&E	No
14	M, 3	Empyema	1^**	1	3	GP	No
15	F, 16 months	Pneumonia	2	0	7	OOH phone	Yes
16	F, 4	Empyema	2	2	7	None	No
17	F, 17 months	Pneumonia	0	1	7	OOH, GP	No
18	M, 8	Empyema	1+1^**	3	3	None	No
19	M, 10	Mastoiditis/lateral sinus thrombosis	0	3	14	GP (2)	Yes
20	F, 10	Pneumonia	1	3	3	None	No
21	F, 2	Empyema	0	3	49	GP (multiple)	Yes
22	F, 3	Pneumonia	0	1	7	GP	Yes

↵* Age in years unless otherwise stated.
↵† Including day of admission.
↵‡ Number of consultations in parentheses if more than one.
↵§ Antibiotics not taken.
↵¶ Antibiotics taken.
↵** Part-time.
A&E, accident and emergency department; GP, general practitioner; OOH, out-of-hours.