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Table 3 Distribution of prehospital pathways for all admissions (except birth related conditions), and by discharge diagnosis (ICD-10 codes) for the 20 most common diagnosis after somatic hospital stays in Norway 2014

From: Correction to: General practitioners’ and out-of-hours doctors’ role as gatekeeper in emergency admissions to somatic hospitals in Norway: registry-based observational study

 

General practitioner

Out-of-hours doctor

Outpatient clinic or PSPCa

Direct admission

Sum

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

All admissions

137,766

28

177,567

36

10,304

2

172,208

35

497,845

100

Diagnosis (ICD-10)

 Pneumonia (J15 + J18)

6499

32

7918

39

109

1

5962

29

20,488

100

 Pain in throat and chest (R07)

4710

29

7613

47

74

0

3923

24

16,320

100

 Abdominal and pelvic pain (R10)

4930

32

7874

51

81

1

2633

17

15,518

100

 Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48)

4423

37

3885

33

170

1

3395

29

11,873

100

 Acute myocardial infarction (I21)

2699

24

3814

34

92

1

4705

42

11,310

100

 Fracture of femur (S72)

1634

16

3417

34

192

2

4715

47

9958

100

 Chronic obstructive pumonary disease (J44)

2743

30

3461

38

45

0

2754

31

9003

100

 Intracranial injury (S06)

1178

14

3734

45

316

4

3021

37

8249

100

 Other dissorders of urinary system (N39)

2233

30

3158

42

49

1

2058

27

7498

100

 Cerebral infarction (I63)

1973

27

2313

31

45

1

3078

42

7409

100

 Heart failure (I50)

2935

40

2191

30

72

1

2194

30

7392

100

 Angina pectoris (I20)

2107

31

2253

33

113

2

2277

34

6750

100

 Complications of procedures (T81)

1257

22

1581

27

174

3

2808

48

5820

100

 Alcohol related disorders (F10)

641

11

3262

56

24

0

1852

32

5779

100

 Acute appendicitis (K35)

1827

32

3233

57

9

0

573

10

5642

100

 Syncope and collapse (R55)

1305

25

2240

42

45

1

1704

32

5294

100

 Choleolithiasis (K80)

1549

31

2488

50

22

0

943

19

5002

100

 Medical observation (Z03)

1567

32

1735

35

52

1

1560

32

4914

100

 Fracture of forearm (S52)

698

15

1992

42

317

7

1770

37

4777

100

 Fracture of lower leg, including ancle (S82)

630

13

1858

40

211

5

1983

42

4682

100

 Sum

47,538

 

70,020

 

2212

 

53,908

 

173,678

35 (of all)

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