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Table 1 Diagnoses for sore throat symptoms

From: The influence of gender concordance between general practitioner and patient on antibiotic prescribing for sore throat symptoms: a retrospective study

ICPC-code

Diagnoses

Percentage of all consultations (n = 11,285)

Protocolled

Symptoms/no diagnosis

R21

Symptoms/complaints throat

19.8%

No

Yes

R22

Symptoms/complaints tonsils

1.0%

No

Yes

R72

Streptococcus/scarlet fever

1.3%

No

No

R74

Acute infection upper airway

67.4%

No

No

R76

Acute tonsillitis/peritonsillar abscess

8.5%

Yes

No

R77

Acute laryngitis/tracheitis

1.9%

No

No