Table 2.
Characteristics and frequency of patients according to ESS codes.
| Patients classified for PHC (n = 426) % | Patient classified for ED (n = 2277) % | |
| Represented ESS code (1–53) | ||
| 1. Abnormal heart rhythm | 2 | 3 |
| 2. High blood pressure | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 3. Bloody cough, nosebleed | 1 | 0.4 |
| 4. Dyspnoea, respiratory | ||
| correlated chest pain | 7 | 11 |
| 5. Chest pain | 8 | 14 |
| 6. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea | 12 | 10 |
| 7. Bloody vomiting, melena | 0.7 | 2 |
| 8. Icterus, ascites | 0 | 0.09 |
| 9. Seizures, epilepsy | 5 | 2 |
| 10. Sensibility disorder, tremor | 0 | 0.2 |
| 11. Dizziness, vertigo | 6 | 5 |
| 12. Stroke, TIA, non-response | ||
| symptoms | 0.5 | 6 |
| 13. Joint pain | 0 | 0.04 |
| 14. Back pain | 4 | 2 |
| 15. Pain/swollen extremities | 2 | 2 |
| 16. Pain during urination, | ||
| haematuria | 2 | 0.9 |
| 17. Genital disorder males | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 19. Headache | 0.7 | 1 |
| 20. Fainting, collapse | 2 | 3 |
| 21. Genital disorder females | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 30. Injury/trauma to neck/head | 5 | 5 |
| 31. Injury thorax/back/pelvis | 2 | 2 |
| 33. Injury hand/arm | 2 | 3 |
| 34. Injury hip/thigh | 3 | 7 |
| 35. Burn, inhalation injury | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 37. Injury/infection eye | 0 | 0.04 |
| 39. Trauma | 1 | 1 |
| 40. Intoxication by alcohol or | ||
| other substances | 2 | 4 |
| 41. Toxic effects of animals | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 42. Physical abuse | 0.5 | 0.09 |
| 43. Allergy/drug reaction | 2 | 1 |
| 44. Acute laryngopharyngitis | 0.5 | 0 |
| 45. Otitis | 0.2 | 0.04 |
| 46. Foreign object in nose/airway | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 47. Fever/infection | 7 | 5 |
| 48. Anaemia | 0.2 | 0.04 |
| 49. Diabetes | 1 | 0.8 |
| 50. Hypoglycaemia | 1 | 0.3 |
| 52. Mental illness | 4 | 0.8 |
| 53. Unspecified | 8 | 3 |