Table 3.
Top ten diagnoses of children receiving emergency care without subsequent hospitalization (2000-2009)*
| |
0-5 y |
6-11 y |
12-17 y |
0-17y |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 0-11 m | 1-5y | |||
| 1 |
General symptoms** |
AURI |
AURI |
AURI |
AURI |
| 2 |
AURI |
General symptoms |
Abdomen/pelvis symptoms |
General symptoms |
General symptoms |
| 3 |
Acute pharyngitis |
Acute pharyngitis |
General symptoms |
Abdomen/pelvis symptoms |
Acute pharyngitis |
| 4 |
Acute bronchiolitis |
Acute tonsillitis |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
| 5 |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
Acute pharyngitis |
Open wound of head |
Abdomen/pelvis symptoms |
| 6 |
Acute tonsillitis |
Acute bronchiolitis |
Acute tonsillitis |
Acute pharyngitis |
Acute tonsillitis |
| 7 |
GI symptoms |
Open wound of head |
Open wound of head |
Contusion of lower limb |
Acute bronchiolitis |
| 8 |
Urinary tract infection |
Abdomen/pelvis symptoms |
Acute bronchiolitis |
Gastritis/duodenitis |
Open wound of head |
| 9 |
Intestinal infections |
GI symptoms |
Functional digestive disorders |
Acute tonsillitis |
Gastritis/duodenitis |
| 10 | Abdomen/pelvis symptoms | Gastritis/duodenitis | GI symptoms | Contusion of upper limb | GI symptoms |
*Diagnoses were retrieved and sorted using the first three ICD-9-CM codes from the random systematic sampling database of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database.
**Including non-specific symptoms like fever, convulsion, dizziness, syncope, sleep disorders, malaise and fatigue, et al. (ICD-9-CM: 780).
Abbreviations:AURI acute upper respiratory infections, GI gastrointestinal system (digestive system), m months, y years.