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Table 2 Most frequent ICD-10 chapters for short hospital contacts and hospital admissions per OOH service (percent) (sorted by overall ICD-10 chapters contributing more than 1%)

From: Acute care pathways for patients calling the out-of-hours services

Short hospital contacts

 

All

EMS

OOH-PC

ICD-10 chapter

% N = 299,556

North

N = 5679

Copenhagen

N = 18,618

GPC

N = 16,867

MH-1813

N = 258,392

Injury and poisoning

33.9

33.7

37.0

62.6

31.8

Respiratory disease

14.0

2.4

4.4

2.3

15.7

Symptoms and signs

11.4

29.6

22.1

8.8

10.4

Other factors

10.1

15.3

14.7

13.4

9.4

Infections

7.3

0.5

1.4

1.2

8.2

Genitourinary disease

4.9

1.2

1.9

1.2

5.4

Musculoskeletal disease

3.7

2.5

2.6

2.1

3.9

Skin disease

3.2

0.2

0.4

0.8

3.6

Ear disease

3.0

0.3

0.4

0.3

3.4

Eye disease

2.8

0.2

0.2

1.9

3.1

Digestive disease

2.5

1.2

2.3

1.5

2.6

Circulatory disease

1.1

3.4

3.6

1.7

0.9

Remaining chapters

2.1

9.9

9.0

2.2

1.6

Total

100

100

100

100

100

Hospital admissions

 

All

EMS

OOH-PC

ICD-10 chapter

%

N = 104,646

North

N = 6865

Copenhagen

N = 23,375

GPC

N = 13,440

MH-1813

N = 60,966

Injury and poisoning

17.2

21.6

19.8

22.2

14.7

Symptoms and signs

15.9

17.1

15.3

13.7

16.5

Respiratory disease

13.1

10.7

12.1

12.8

13.9

Other factors

11.4

9.8

11.5

7.4

12.4

Circulatory disease

9.0

16.8

13.2

8.7

6.6

Digestive disease

8.6

5.6

5.4

11.7

9.4

Infections

5.3

2.6

3.0

5.1

6.5

Genitourinary disease

4.6

2.4

2.5

5.0

5.6

Neurological disease

2.8

3.7

4.6

1.9

2.1

Musculoskeletal disease

2.7

1.4

1.6

2.3

3.3

Endocrine disease

2.6

1.9

2.7

2.9

2.6

Mental disorders

2.1

3.5

4.0

1.6

1.3

Skin disease

1.4

0.2

0.3

1.2

1.9

Pregnancy & childbirth

1.1

0.6

1.9

0.9

0.8

Remaining chapters

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.6

2.1

Total

100

100

100

100

100