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Table 1 Inclusion criteria

From: Correlation between patients’ reasons for encounters/health problems and population density in Japan: a systematic review of observational studies coded by the International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care (ICHPPC) and the International Classification of Primary care (ICPC)

Study design

Observational study

Date of publication

Until March 31, 2015

Setting

Japan

 

Clinic only (Hospital were excluded)

Methods

Coding RFEs or health problems using ICHPPC, ICHPPC-2,

 

ICHPPC-2-Defined, ICPC and ICPC-2

Results

Frequency of RFEs and health problems

  1. ICHPPC: International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care
  2. ICPC: International Classification of Primary Care
  3. RFEs: reasons for encounters