Table 4.
Initial diagnosis and level of care for treatment or follow-up with GP or specialist
| |
Level of care for treatment or follow-up |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Managed at casualty clinic | Referred to GP | Referred to specialist non-urgently | Admitted to hospital | |
|
Appraisal of the most probable cause (“initial diagnosis”) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ischaemic heart disease |
50 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
43 |
| Musculoskeletal pain |
22 |
16 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| Psychiatric disease/anxiety |
12 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
| Pulmonary disease |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Dyspepsia |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Gastrointestinal disease, other than dyspepsia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Other diagnoses (arrhythmia, hypertensive crisis) |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Total | 100 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 50 |