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Table 3 Diagnostic distribution (percentage of consultations) in 2008 and in a cohort of frequent attenders in 2008 in subsequent years

From: Frequent attenders at primary care out-of-hours services: a registry-based observational study in Norway

 

Cohort of frequent attenders in 2008 (n = 15,172 patients)

ICPC-2 chapter

All 2008

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

A: General. unspecified

10.3

11.5

12.2

11.1

12.1

12.5

13.2

13.5

14.1

13.4

13.4

B: Blood etc.

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

D: Digestive

10.1

11.5

11.8

12.2

12.1

11.1

11.8

12.8

11.5

11.7

12.2

F: Eye

4.7

2.1

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

H: Ear

3.2

2.4

1.9

1.7

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

K: Cardiovascular

4.1

5.0

4.2

4.2

4.3

3.8

3.9

3.7

3.8

4.2

4.2

L: Musculoskeletal

16.3

11.3

11.8

12.8

13.4

13.3

13.6

13.2

14.3

14.9

14.2

N: Neurological

3.7

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.8

4.8

5.0

4.8

4.9

5.0

5.2

P: Psychological

4.3

12.9

15.6

16.9

16.1

17.3

18.3

17.5

17.4

16.8

16.4

R: Respiratory

22.2

20.9

20.0

18.1

16.9

17.3

15.1

14.4

14.0

14.7

14.8

S: Skin

11.2

6.3

5.8

6.3

6.2

5.9

6.0

6.4

7.0

6.7

6.9

T: Endocrine etc.

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.8

1.0

0.8

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.0

0.9

U: Urological

5.8

6.7

6.1

6.0

5.9

5.9

5.7

6.2

5.6

5.3

5.7

W: Pregnancy etc

1.3

1.2

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.7

0.9

0.6

0.6

X: Female genital

0.9

0.9

0.9

1.0

0.9

1.1

0.9

1.0

0.8

0.8

0.8

Y: Male genital

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.7

Z: Social problems

0.2

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.7

0.7

Number of consultations with identified patients

1,091,483

106,655

50,499

38,967

33,114

28,192

25,471

23,223

21,162

19,172

17,474