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Table 2 Frequency of ICPC-2 diagnoses by GP and OOH doctor when referring to acute hospital admission

From: Reasons for acute referrals to hospital from general practitioners and out-of-hours doctors in Norway: a registry-based observational study

Referral diagnoses ICPC-2

All referrals (265,518)

GP

OOH

  

Referrals (114,941)

 

Referrals (150,577)

N

%

Contactsa

N

Referral rate

Age

Median (IQR)

% Female

Contactsa

N

Referral rate

Age

Median (IQR)

% Female

Total

265,518

100

14,457,247

0.01

64 (43–77)

51

1,361,731

0.11

59 (34–75)

50

Abdominal pain/craps general (D01)

21,260

8

204,152

0.04

48 (28–67)

61

52,550

0.26

45 (27–65)

59

Chest pain NOS (A11)

14,077

5

45,280

0.10

64 (52–75)

42

26,088

0.37

62 (50–74)

43

Pneumonia (R81)

8793

3

83,218

0.05

72 (59–82)

52

22,181

0.21

75 (61–84)

48

Shortness of breath/dyspnoea (R02)

7806

3

63,345

0.05

71 (57–82)

47

14,029

0.32

71 (49–82)

50

Atrial fibrillation/flutter (K78)

6892

3

290,943

0.01

74 (67–82)

43

6323

0.45

71 (61–79)

46

COPD (R95)

5643

2

105,601

0.03

74 (68–80)

52

10,852

0.28

73 (67–80)

54

Heart pain (K01)

5319

2

8976

0.20

64 (53–74)

46

5310

0.66

62 (50–73)

45

Vertigo/dizziness (N17)

5082

2

99,867

0.02

69 (52–79)

60

12,499

0.22

70 (53–80)

54

Fainting/ syncope (A06)

4353

2

19,402

0.07

70 (47–81)

51

9356

0.31

68 (44–79)

50

Infectious disease other (A78)

4162

2

32,656

0.04

66 (44–77)

47

7773

0.35

70 (49–81)

44

Stroke/cerebrovascular disease (K90)

4078

2

41,866

0.04

74 (65–83)

48

2986

0.78

73 (62–82)

47

Fever (A03)

3895

1

42,768

0.03

34 (2–66)

48

17,854

0.14

32 (1–69)

44

Abdominal pain localized other (D06)

3812

1

43,181

0.04

46 (28–66)

64

9259

0.24

39 (25–60)

62

Headache (N01)

3624

1

108,973

0.01

43 (29–61)

60

12,972

0.17

42 (28–61)

62

Disease/condition unspecified (A99)

3544

1

129,088

0.01

60 (38–75)

50

33,417

0.07

56 (31–75)

50

Heart failure (K77)

3069

1

54,594

0.04

82 (74–88)

42

2543

0.43

83 (74–89)

46

Ischaemic heart disease with angina (K74)

2995

1

24,769

0.07

70 (60–79)

36

2042

0.65

69 (58–79)

41

Skin infection other (S76)

2682

1

37,180

0.03

63 (48–74)

42

12,341

0.12

60 (44–73)

40

Cystitis/urinary infection other (U71)

2632

1

182,861

0.01

72 (57–82)

55

50,608

0.03

73 (55–84)

50

Hip symptom/complaint (L13)

2614

1

79,674

0.01

78 (67–87)

67

6185

0.27

81 (70–87)

65

Injury musculoskeletal system NOS (L81)

2595

1

67,921

0.01

64 (38–78)

46

24,595

0.07

57 (27–76)

47

Appendicitis (D88)

2581

1

3377

0.30

30 (18–47)

50

1990

0.79

26 (18–39)

55

Transient cerebral ischaemia (K89)

2536

1

9263

0.12

72 (61–81)

55

1982

0.73

73 (63–82)

52

Concussion (N79)

2465

1

18,661

0.03

25 (9–64)

46

9489

0.20

29 (13–64)

43

Pyelonephritis/pyelitis (U70)

2353

1

9624

0.09

59 (36–73)

65

5399

0.27

56 (30–74)

66

Disease digestive system other (D99)

2293

1

24,280

0.04

64 (50–76)

51

2533

0.57

63 (48–75)

47

Cholecystitis / cholelithiasis (D98)

2249

1

19,713

0.05

59 (44–72)

58

5847

0.21

52 (37–66)

62

Acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis (R78)

2147

1

138,933

0.01

29 (1–70)

48

19,238

0.05

2 (1–69)

44

Palpitations /awareness of heart (K04)

2083

1

42,869

0.02

66 (50–78)

58

8706

0.15

63 (44–75)

56

Abdominal pain epigastric (D02)

1980

1

39,268

0.02

54 (35–70)

61

7198

0.18

51 (34–67)

61

Sum 30

139,614

53

        
  1. Legend: The frequency of the 30 most common ICPC-2 diagnoses used by general practitioners (GPs) and out-of-hours (OOH) doctors when referring to acute admission to hospitals in Norway 2017, presented for all admissions, and for GP daytime practice and OOH services separately
  2. IQR Interquratile range
  3. aContact is defined as a consultation or home visit