Table 2.
Number and percentage of ambulatory visits to OB-GYNs by disease group and hospital level in Taiwan, from the 1/500 sampling datasets comprising 619,760 ambulatory visits in 2012, top 10.
| ICD-9CM * | Diagnosis group | Total N = 35,697 ** |
Academic medical center N = 3402 |
Metropolitan hospital N = 4945 |
Local community hospital N = 5365 |
Physician clinics N = 21,974 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 626 | Disorders of menstruation | 4667 (13.1) | 129 (3.8) | 340 (6.9) | 617 (11.5) | 3581 (16.3) |
| V22 | Normal pregnancy | 4443 (12.4) | 617 (18.1) | 1134 (22.9) | 1065 (19.9) | 1627 (7.4) |
| 616 | Inflammatory disease of the cervix, vagina, and vulva | 4431 (12.4) | 127 (3.7) | 313 (6.3) | 572 (10.7) | 3419 (15.6) |
| V76 | Special screening for malignant neoplasms | 2374 (6.7) | 312 (9.2) | 744 (15.04) | 485 (9.0) | 823 (3.74) |
| V72 | Special investigations & examinations | 1677 (4.7) | 179 (5.3) | 176 (3.6) | 207 (3.9) | 1115 (5.1) |
| Unknown | 1559 (4.4) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.1) | 1 (0.01) | 1552 (7.1) | |
| 789 | Other symptoms involving abdomen | 1512 (4.2) | 56 (1.6) | 137 (2.8) | 253 (4.7) | 1066 (4.9) |
| 627 | Menopausal disorders | 1293 (3.6) | 180 (5.3) | 326 (6.6) | 242 (4.5) | 545 (2.5) |
| 614 | Inflammatory disease of ovary, pelvic tissue | 900 (2.5) | 30 (0.88) | 51 (1.0) | 83 (1.5) | 736 (3.3) |
| 112 | Candidiasis | 676 (1.9) | 11 (0.3) | 27 (0.5) | 82 (1.5) | 556 (2.5) |
* The International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification. ** Eleven other ambulatory visits were served by midwife clinics.