Impact of the ABCDE triage in primary care emergency department on the number of patient visits to different parts of the health care system in Espoo City

Table 2 Distribution of the reasons to entry the ED recorded by using ICPC 2 classification in group E patients (N = 1244) of the Espoo EDs

ICPC Classification		%	N	ICPC Classification		%	N
R	RESPIRATORY	28,50%	354	D	DIGESTIVE	7,50%	93
R05	Cough		61	D01	Abdominal pain/cramps general		14
R21	Throat symptom/Complaint		75	D10	Vomiting		13
R29	Respiratory symtom/Complaint other		9	D11	Diarrhoea		25
R74	Upper respiratory infection acute		146	H	EAR	5,60%	70
R75	Sinusitis acute/chronic		11	H01	Ear pain/Earache		36
R97	Allergic rhinitis		10	H27	Fear on ear disease		8
L	MUSCULOSKELETAL	15,60%	194	F	EYE	4,80%	60
L01	Neck symptom/Complaint		134	F02	Red eye		14
L02	Back symptom/Complaint		64	F29	Eye symptom/Complaint other		20
L05	Flank/Axilla symptom/Complaint		6	F73	Eye infection/Inflammation other		8
L08	Shoulder symptom/Complaint		6	-	PROCESS CODES	3,50%	44
L09	Arm symptom/Complaint		6	P	PSYCHOLOGICAL	3,30%	41
L14	Leg/Thigh symptom/Complaint		7	P15	Chronic alcohol abuse		10
L15	Knee symptom/Complaint		12	P16	Acute alcohol abuse		6
L16	Ankle symptom/Complaint		6	N	NEUROLOGICAL	2,30%	29
L17	Foot/Toe symptom/Complaint		19	U	UROLOGICAL	2,10%	26
A	GENERAL AND UNSPECIFIED	13,70%	170	X	FEMALE GENITAL	1,10%	14
A02	Chills		7	K	CARDIOVASCULAR	0,80%	10
A03	Fever		105	W	PREGNANCY, CHILDBEARING, FAMILY PLANNING	0,40%	5
A29	General symptom/Complaint, other		9	Z	SOCIAL PROBLEMS	0,20%	3
A80	Trauma/Injury NOS		7	Y	MALE GENITAL	0,10%	1
S	SKIN	10,50%	130
S08	Skin colour change		8
S09	Infected finger/toe		8
S10	Boil/carbuncle		6
S11	Skin infection post-traumatic		6
S16	Bruise/contusion		10
S18	Laceration/cut		14
S19	Skin injury other		7
S29	Skin symptom/complaint other		9

Total and proportional number of visits including in different main ICPC-groups (A-W) are given. Respectively, the most common ICPC-coded reasons (> five visits) for entry to the EDs during the follow up period (March-December 2007) are separately presented.

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