Table 2.

Treatment costs for clusters of frequent diagnoses. Patients with ICPC-2 information and complete economic data are included

	OCT 2007 ED	AUG 2009 H-GP	APR 2010 H-GP	APR 2011 H-GP
	N=127	N=107	N=531	N=491
Neck/back syndrome*	n=7	n=12	n=43	n=39
Costs, €, Mean (SD)	223 (52)	242 (107)	185 (81)	221 (186)
Upper respiratory tract infection†	n=2	n=6	n=68	n=36
Costs, €, Mean (SD)	388 (18)	289 (85)	189 (62)	192 (48)
Fracture sprain hand foot‡	n=23	n=19	n=53	n=61
Costs, €, Mean (SD)	355 (102)	270 (129)	264 (125)	280 (216)
Skin injury§	n=25	n=21	n=63	n=65
Costs, €, Mean (SD)	318 (93)	215 (90)	238 (113)	284 (241)

*Neck back syndrome includes ICPC-2 codes L83; L84; L86.

†Upper respiratory tract infection includes ICPC-2 codes R74; R75; R76; R77; R78; R80.

‡Fracture sprain hand foot includes ICPC-2 codes L74, L76, L77, L78, L79.

§Skin injury includes ICPC-2 codes S16, S18.

ED, emergency department; H-GP; hospital General Practitioner.