Table 3.
Urgency of patients’ health problems in contacts with primary out-of-hours services, in percentages
| Contacts (N=1 350 964) |
Contacts for ICPC code U71 (N=52 207) |
Contacts for ICPC code S18 (N=44 791) |
Contacts for ICPC code A03 (N=43 201) |
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| U | Per cent | Minimum* | Maximum* | Per cent | Minimum* | Maximum* | Per cent | Minimum* | Maximum* | Per cent | Minimum* | Maximum* |
| 0 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 |
| 1 | 1.06 | 0.42 | 1.90 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 1.52 |
| 2 | 7.99 | 4.63 | 12.24 | 3.63 | 1.76 | 8.72 | 4.43 | 0.74 | 14.76 | 7.32 | 3.90 | 11.83 |
| 3 | 37.13 | 21.58 | 45.69 | 27.53 | 7.34 | 47.24 | 60.09 | 30.72 | 77.05 | 34.22 | 26.37 | 57.65 |
| 4 | 26.11 | 16.78 | 51.46 | 42.27 | 24.01 | 65.25 | 24.02 | 10.77 | 58.45 | 16.86 | 6.31 | 42.09 |
| 5 | 27.69 | 7.03 | 46.83 | 26.53 | 2.84 | 51.97 | 11.43 | 1.75 | 32.79 | 41.29 | 13.04 | 57.28 |
*Range of percentages between GPCs.
A03, fever; GPC, general practice cooperative; ICPC, International Classification of Primary Care; S18, laceration/cut; U, the Netherlands Triage System urgency level; U71, cystitis/other urinary infection.