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. 2015 Jun 29;39(6):569–572. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12385

Table 2.

Mapping different diagnostic categories from BEACH to eTG, and their rank order.

ICPC Respiratory infection terms BEACH ranking of frequency of Respiratory Infection in GP eTG Respiratory infection terms
Upper respiratory infection acute 1 Upper respiratory tract infection
Acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis 2 Acute bronchitis (infections including acute bronchitis)
Acute bronchiolitis
Sinusitis acute/chronic 3 Rhinosinusitis/acute bacterial rhinosinusitis
Acute otitis media 4 Otitis media
Tonsillitis acute 5 Acute Pharyngitis and/or tonsillitis
Strep throat 5 Acute Pharyngitis and/or tonsillitis

ICPC: International Classification for Primary Care 9

BEACH: Bettering the Evaluation And Care of Health 2

eTG: (electronic) Therapeutic Guidelines 6