Table 3.
Frequency of International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) problem type in recorded consultations
| ICPC Group | Overall | Shallow | Moderate | Deep | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| A | General and unspecified | 85 | 15.2 | 33 | 16.8 | 23 | 12.4 | 29 | 16.6 |
| B | Blood and immune mechanism | 8 | 1.4 | 5 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.7 |
| D | Digestive | 46 | 8.2 | 15 | 7.6 | 15 | 8.1 | 16 | 9.1 |
| F | Eye | 11 | 2.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.6 | 4 | 2.3 |
| H | Ear | 9 | 1.6 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.1 | 5 | 2.9 |
| K | Cardiovascular | 34 | 6.1 | 11 | 5.6 | 12 | 6.4 | 11 | 6.3 |
| L | Musculoskeletal | 107 | 19.2 | 37 | 18.8 | 42 | 22.6 | 28 | 16.0 |
| N | Neurological | 24 | 4.3 | 9 | 4.6 | 7 | 3.8 | 8 | 4.6 |
| P | Psychological | 42 | 7.5 | 15 | 7.6 | 13 | 7.0 | 14 | 8.0 |
| R | Respiratory | 42 | 7.5 | 21 | 10.7 | 12 | 6.5 | 9 | 5.1 |
| S | Skin | 45 | 8.1 | 17 | 8.6 | 14 | 7.5 | 14 | 8.0 |
| T | Endocrine/metabolic and nutritional | 35 | 6.3 | 9 | 4.6 | 19 | 10.2 | 7 | 4.0 |
| U | Urological | 19 | 3.4 | 6 | 3.1 | 8 | 4.3 | 5 | 2.9 |
| W | Pregnancy, childbearing, family planning | 16 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.1 | 6 | 3.2 | 4 | 2.3 |
| X | Female genital | 12 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.3 |
| Y | Male genital | 11 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.1 | 8 | 4.6 |
| Z | Social problems | 12 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.6 | 6 | 3.4 |
| Total | 558 | 197 | 186 | 175 | |||||
χ2 test for difference between shallow, moderate, and deep groups (32 degrees of freedom) = 26.75, P> 0.05.