Table 2.

Patients included in the study by referring authority and diagnosis

	By the pediatric department (N = 90)	By the general practitioner or community-based doctor (N = 223)
Asthma	13	14
Allergy	19	28
&Psychiatric	10	16
*Neurological	13	9
#Orthopedic	1	3
^Cardiologic	1	2
@Endocrine	20	8
Dermatitis	1	3
+Abdominal	5	5
“Rare diseases	3	1

&Psychiatric disorders included: autism, personality disorder, self-mutilation; ADHD, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; ADD, attention deficit disorder; ^*Neurological diagnoses included: PCO, polycystic ovary syndrome; Prader-Willi, headache, psychomotor retardation, dyslexia, hearing impairment, non-verbal learning disorder, dyspraxia; CP, cerebral palsy; ^#Orthopedic diseases included: Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, slipped disc; ^{^}Cardiologic diseases included: Ventricle-septum defect, sideroblastic anemia, Tetralogy of Fallot,; ^@Endocrine diseases included: DM, diabetes mellitus; Mb. Addison, gynecomastia, pubertas tarda, growth hormone deficiency; ⁺Abdominal: obstipation, pyelonephritis, lactose intolerance, encoprese; “Rare diseases included: Bardet-Bield syndrome, pituitary tumor, phenylketonuria, factor V leiden-mutation.