Table 3.
Ambulatory visits to pediatricians, data from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance in 2012, stratified by disease group and hospital level (sampling rate: 1/500, the percentage of diagnoses had been rounded).
| ICD9CM * | Diagnosis Group | Total N = 60,717 | Academic Medical Center N = 3250 | Metropolitan Hospital N = 4194 | Local Community Hospital N = 2825 | Physicians Clinics N = 50,448 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 465 | Acute upper respiratory infections | 13,461 (22.2) | 104 (0.2) | 287 (0.5) | 271 (0.5) | 12,799 (21.0) |
| 466 | Acute bronchitis & bronchiolitis | 7041 (11.6) | 121 (0.2) | 469 (0.8) | 348 (0.6) | 6103 (10.1) |
| 461 | Acute sinusitis | 3072 (5.1) | 58 (0.1) | 120 (0.2) | 86 (0.1) | 2808 (4.6) |
| 463 | Acute tonsilitis | 3030 (5.0) | 37 (0.1) | 163 (0.3) | 112 (0.2) | 2718 (4.5) |
| 460 | Acute nasopharyngitis | 2597 (4.3) | 13 (0.0) ** | 34 (0.1) | 33 (0.1) | 2517 (4.1) |
| 462 | Acute pharyngitis | 2580 (4.2) | 52 (0.1) | 118 (0.2) | 146 (0.2) | 2264 (3.7) |
| 558 | Other noninfectious gastroenteritis and colitis | 2032 (3.3) | 58 (0.1) | 120 (0.2) | 61 (0.1) | 1793 (2.9) |
| 464 | Acute laryngitis & tracheitis | 1688 (2.8) | 9 (0.0) ** | 20 (0.0) ** | 17 (0.0) ** | 1642 (2.7) |
| V20 | Health supervision of infant or child | 1644 (2.7) | 121 (0.2) | 239 (0.4) | 301 (0.5) | 983 (1.6) |
| 780 | Non-specific symptoms | 1544 (2.5) | 68 (0.1) | 170 (0.3) | 94 (0.2) | 1212 (2.0) |
* The International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification; ** The value that had been rounded still less than 0.001 (0.1%).