Table 2.

Discrepancies between history of present illness diagnoses and clinician diagnoses for necessary visits based on non-visit- required information (n = 28) at 14 primary care practices from May 2011 to May 2012

Primary HPI diagnosis and secondary diagnoses	Clinician diagnosis	Antibiotics prescribed by treating clinician
8 Otitis	4 NS URI	No
	2 Pharyngitis	No
	1 Pharyngitis	Yes
	1 Sinusitis	Yes
6 Sinusitis	6 NS URI	No
Secondary diagnoses
3 Otitis
2 Pneumonia
1 Asthma
4 Pneumonia	2 Acute bronchitis	Yes
	1 NS URI	No
	1 Pharyngitis	No
4 NS URI	2 Acute bronchitis	Yes
Secondary diagnoses	1 Sinusitis	Yes
1 Pneumonia	1 Pharyngitis	No
1 Otitis
1 Symptoms for 30 days
1 Immunosuppressive medications
3 Acute bronchitis	2 NS URI	Yes
Secondary diagnoses	1 NS URI	No
3 Pneumonia
2 Influenza	1 Sinusitis	Yes
Secondary diagnoses	1 Acute bronchitis	No
2 Pneumonia
1 Possible streptococcal pharyngitis	1 NS URI	No

HPI, history of present illness; NS URI, non-specific upper respiratory infection.