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Table 4 Discharge diagnoses for patients referred to acute hospital admission with chest pain (A11, K01, K02 and K03)

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

Pain in throat and chest (R07)

6965

36

69

0.98

0.95–1.02

56 (46–68)

0.85

0.84–0.86

46

1.15

1.11–1.19

Acute myocardial infarction (I21)

2277

12

66

0.98

0.90–1.06

68 (59–77)

1.30

1.26–1.33

32

0.54

0.50–0.59

Angina pectoris (I20)

1873

10

61

0.77

0.71–0.84

69 (58–78)

1.27

1.24–1.31

38

0.70

0.64–0.77

Other soft tissue disorder incl. myalgia (M79)

992

5

68

0.95

0.83–1.08

56 (45–68)

0.82

0.79–0.85

51

1.48

1.31–1.68

Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25)

758

4

68

1.05

0.90–1.22

65 (56–74)

1.17

1.12–1.22

28

0.47

0.40–0.55

Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48)

573

3

72

1.27

1.06–1.51

73 (66–82)

1.59

1.50–1.69

46

0.88

0.75–1.04

Pneumonia (J12–18)

385

2

72

1.26

1,01-1,57

70 (59–81)

1.30

1.21–1.38

42

0.80

0.66–0.98

Heart failure (I50)

250

1

69

1.13

0.87–1.48

80 (70–88)

2.13

1.93–2.36

43

0.67

0.52–0.87

Essential (primary) hypertension (I10)

239

1

63

0.82

0.63–1.06

67 (57–75)

1.13

1.04–1.22

58

1.70

1.31–2.19

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease(K21)

237

1

64

0.83

0.63–1.07

62 (51–74)

1.01

0.93–1.09

50

1.27

0.99–1.65

Other

5125

26

70

  

64 (50–76)

  

47

  

All

19,546

100

68

  

62 (50–74)

  

44

  
  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: chest pain (A11, K01, K02 and K03) in Norway 2017
  2. IQR Interquartile range
  3. aPercent of referrals with chest pain-diagnosis (A11, K01, K02 and K03) and the current ICD-10 discharge diagnosis which are referred by OOH doctor
  4. bPercent of women in referrals with chest pain-diagnosis (A11, K01, K02 and K03) 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 chest  pain admission