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Data regarding pharmacy claims, age, gender, geographic location, comorbid conditions, provider type, and laryngeal diagnosis were collected. To identify factors that influenced whether a patient received a medication or not, a logistic regression was performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of almost 55 million individuals in the database, 258,705 had a laryngeal diagnosis 12 months post\u2010index date follow\u2010up and an outpatient encounter with a PCP, otolaryngologist, or both. A total of 135,973 (52.6%) unique patients, mean age 47.4 years (22.2 standard deviation [SD]), with 61.9% female, received a medication, and 122,732 (47.4%), mean age 47.4 years (19.8 SD), with 65.8% female, did not. Higher odds ratios for medication treatment were associated with PCPs versus otolaryngologists, acute laryngitis, the South region, and patients with comorbid conditions. 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