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Table 3 Discharge diagnoses for patients referred to acute hospital admission with abdominal pain (D01, D02 and D06)

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

Discharge ICD-10 diagnoses

All

OOH referrals

Age

Gender (F)

N

%

%a

RRc

95% CI

Median (IQR)

RRc

95% CI

%b

RRc

95% CI

Abdominal and pelvic pain (R10)

7127

26

64

1.02

0.98–1.06

34 (23–52)

0.86

0.85–0.86

68

1.38

1.32–1.44

Acute appendicitis (K35)

3166

12

63

0.98

0.92–1.05

32 (20–50)

0.80

0.79–0.81

48

0.59

0.55–0.62

Cholelithiasis (K80)

1664

6

66

1.17

1.06–1.28

58 (42–73)

1.21

1.19–1.24

56

0.89

0.81–0.98

Diverticular disease (K57)

1483

5

45

0.51

0.46–0.56

61 (51–72)

1.31

1.28–1.34

60

1.09

0.99–1.20

Functional intestinal disorder (K59)

1141

4

64

1.06

0.94–1.19

56 (28–76)

1.11

1.09–1.14

58

0.94

0.84–1.06

Ileus (K56)

1031

4

78

2.12

1.84–2.45

65 (50–76)

1.34

1.30–1.38

52

0.81

0.72–0.92

Acute pancreatitis (K85)

814

3

69

1.32

1.14–1.52

57 (44–71)

1.18

1.15–1.22

43

0.54

0.47–0.61

Calculus of kidney and ureter (N20)

666

2

65

1.07

0.91–1.25

51 (36–66)

1.07

1.04–1.11

37

0.40

0.34–0.47

Noninfl. disorders of ovary. f. tube. broad lig (N83)

448

2

67

1.20

0.99–1.45

31 (23–40)

0.75

0.72–0.78

100

1

 

Other gastroenteritis and colitis (A09)

417

2

59

0.81

0.67–0.98

33 (21–52)

0.83

0.80–0.87

64

1.10

0.90–1.34

Other

9095

34

62

  

50 (30–71)

  

61

  

All

27,052

100

63

  

46 (27–66)

  

60

  
  1. Legend: Distribution of discharge diagnoses for patients referred to acute hospital admission by general practitioner (GP) and out-of-hours (OOH) doctor with the ICPC-2 diagnosis: abdominal pain (D01, D02 and D06) in Norway 2017
  2. IQR Interquartile range
  3. aPercent of referrals with abdominal pain-diagnosis (D01, D03 or D06) and the current ICD-10 discharge diagnosis which are referred by OOH doctor
  4. bPercent of women in referrals with abdominal pain-diagnosis (D01, D03 or D06) and the current ICD-10 discharge diagnosis
  5. cRelative risk for the different discharge ICD-10 diagnoses for OOH referrals relative to GP referrals, for a 10-years increase in age, and for female patients relative to male patients compared with all discharge diagnoses after abdominal pain admission