Table 4 Number of new referrals to medical specialists and allied care in patients with chronic non-specific abdominal complaints, as reported by the GPs.1
Baseline | 18 months | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 619) | NUD (n = 93) | IBS (n = 244) | Other (n = 282) | Total (n = 571) | NUD (n = 85) | IBS (n = 230) | Other (n = 256) | |
No referral | 88.8 | 89.2 | 91.0 | 86.6 | 90.7 | 92.9 | 90.4 | 90.2 |
Gastroenterologist | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
Social worker | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Dietician | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
Psychologist | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Gynaecologist | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
Surgeon | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
Other | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 |