Table 1.

Disease presentation of six infectious diseases in office hours and out-of-hours primary care^a

Disease		Urgency level	Office hours (JHN 2012)	Out-of-hours, (Primair 2012)
Acute otitis media	Age, years (mean)		10	7.7
	Contacts, n (T:C)		9271	85:773
		2		10
		3		479
		4		308
		5		61
Sinusitis	Age, years (mean)		44.7	39
	Contacts, n (T:C)		7141	39:103
		2		7
		3		52
		4		62
		5		21
Acute tonsillitis	Age, years (mean)		23.1	22.4
	Contacts, n (T:C)		3575	5:246
		2		14
		3		139
		4		94
		5		4
Acute bronchitis	Age, years (mean)		45.3	28.4
	Contacts, n (T:C)		5159	6:187
		2		16
		3		138
		4		38
		5		1
Cystitis	Age, years (mean)		50.8	46.8
	Contacts, n (T:C)		20 158	594:702
		2		22
		3		460
		4		577
		5		237
Impetigo	Age, years (mean)		17.9	11.1
	Contacts, n (T:C)		3104	57:152
		2		2
		3		40
		4		128
		5		39

^aDisease episodes are shown for office hours care. For out-of-hours care, all contacts with the facility, telephone (T), and GP consultations (C) are shown, together with the urgency levels (Box 1) as determined by the triage nurse. Absolute numbers are shown.