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Table 2 Patient samples per medical specialty

From: Quantifying the demand for hospital care services: a time and motion study

Specialty

Top 12 admission diagnoses ICD 10

Planned patient inclusion

Included diagnoses

Realized patient inclusion

Surgery

Diseases of the genitourinary system

3

Donor nephrectomy

1

Hyperplasia of prostate

1

 

Diseases of the digestive system

1

Perforation of bile duct

1

 

Neoplasms (Orthopedics, Urology and GI-surgery)

7

Malignant neoplasm prostate

2

Malignant neoplasm extrahepatic bile ducts

2

Malignant neoplasm esophagus

1

Malignant neoplasm pancreas

1

Secondary malignant neoplasm liver

1

Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland

1

Malignant neoplasm femur

1

 

Diseases of the circulatory system

3

Claudication Intermittent, Fontaine stage III

1

Claudication Intermittent, Fontaine stage IV

1

Aortic aneurysm

1

 

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

2

Fracture femur

1

 

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

2

Osteoarthrosis

1

Infection following a procedure after fracture of forearm

1

Pyogenic arthritis

1

Total

18 (100%)

 

19 (106%)

Pediatrics

Diseases of the respiratory system

3

Pneumonia

1

Emphysema

1

 

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

2

Other disorders of bone development and growth

1

Pectus Excavatum

1

 

Neoplasms

4

Benign neoplasm tonsil

1

Neuroblastoma

1

Malignant neoplasm femur

1

Secondary malign. neoplasm bone and bone marrow

1

Lymphoid leukemia

1

 

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

1

 

0

 

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

2

Concussion

1

 

Diseases of the digestive system

5

Anal abscess

1

Constipation

1

Fistula of urethra to small intestine

1

Esophageal obstruction

1

Cholestasis

1

Acute appendicitis

1

 

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

1

Hirschsprung’s disease

1

Total

18 (100%)

 

17 (94%)

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Neoplasms

7

Malignant neoplasm of vulva

1

Malignant neoplasm of cervix

1

Malignant neoplasm of ovary

2

Secondary malignant neoplasm of perineum

1

Benign neoplasm of ovary

1

Leiomyoma of uterus

1

Diseases of the genitourinary system

3

Prolapse of vagina wall

1

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

9

Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs

1

Maternal care for other known or suspected fetal problems

1

Preterm labor without delivery

1

Vaginal delivery following previous caesarean section

1

Single spontaneous delivery

1

Labor and delivery complicated by fetal stress

1

Total

19 (100%)

 

14 (74%)

Overall total

55 (100%)

 

50 (91%)