Table 2 Reason for encounter (primary and secondary) in 2363 preschool children at face-to-face consultations in out-of-hours primary care
RFE ICPC − 2 | Primary RFE Consultation or home visit (% of children) | Secondary RFE Consultation or home visit | Total RFE |
|---|---|---|---|
Unspecific complaints (Chapter A) | 952 (40.3%) | 351 | 1303 (55.1%) |
Fever (A03) | 673 | 218 | 891 |
Irritability (A16) | 94 | 54 | 148 |
Unspecified illness (A99) | 103 | 0 | 103 |
Respiratory tract (Chapter R) | 553 (23.4%) | 476 | 1029 (43.5%) |
Coughing (R05) | 239 | 206 | 445 |
Running nose (R07) | 124 | 104 | 228 |
Dyspneu (R04) | 55 | 58 | 113 |
Complain throat (R21) | 49 | 39 | 88 |
Complain from Airways (R29) | 21 | 9 | 30 |
Skin (Chapter S) | 204 (8.6%) | 62 | 266 (11.2%) |
Exanthema (S06, S07) | 94 | 48 | 142 |
Wound (S18) | 45 | 0 | 45 |
Digestive organs (Chapter D) | 192 (8.1%) | 172 | 364 (15.4%) |
Vomiting (D10) | 66 | 73 | 139 |
Abdominal pain (D01) | 35 | 10 | 45 |
Diarrhoea (D11) | 29 | 39 | 68 |
Ear diseases (Chapter H) | 102 (4.3%) | 84 | 186 (7.8%) |
Ear pain (H01) | 58 | 61 | 119 |
Ear discharge ((H04) | 16 | 14 | 30 |
Other ear complaints (H29) | 14 | 1 | 15 |
Eye diseases (Chapter F) | 33 (1.4%) | 24 | 57 (2.4%) |
Muscle and skeleton (Chapter L) | 68 (2.9%) | 20 | 88 (3.7%) |
Nervous system (Chapter N) | 15 (0.6%) | 25 | 40(1.7%) |
Urine tract (Chapter U) | 25 (1.1%) | 7 | 32(1.3%) |
Endocrine organs (Chapter T) | 15 (0.6%) | 35 | 50(2.1%) |
Male genitals (Chapter Y) | 19 (0.8%) | 3 | 22(0.9%) |
Female genitals (Chapter X) | 4 (0.2%) | 1 | 5 (0.2%) |
Other: blood, heart-vessel, psychiatric or social problems (Chapters B,K,P,Z) | 7 (0.3%) | 2 | 9 (0.4%) |
Total | 2189 (93%) | 1262 (53%) | 3451 (146%) |
No RFE given | 174 (7%) | – | – |
Number of contacts | 2363 (100%) |