Table 2.

Ranking of RFVs to primary care as reported by clinicians and patients

RANK	CLINICIAN REPORTED*			PATIENT REPORTED†
	CONDITION	RANK SCORE‡ (MAXIMUM SCORE WAS 20)	NO. OF ANALYSES THAT INCLUDED THE CONDITION (OUT OF 9)	CONDITION	RANK SCORE‡ (MAXIMUM SCORE WAS 20)	NO. OF ANALYSES THAT INCLUDED THE CONDITION (OUT OF 5)
1	Upper respiratory tract infection, unspecified	16.7	8	Cough	19.0	5
2	Hypertension	16.1	8	Back pain or spinal pain	16.8	5
3	Routine health maintenance	8.7	4	Abdominal, unspecified	16.6	5
4	Arthritis (not back)	8.6	6	Pharyngitis	14.4	5
5	Diabetes	8.4	5	Dermatitis	13.4	5
6	Depression or anxiety	7.7	6	Fever	12.6	5
7	Pneumonia	7.2	6	Headache	12.4	5
8	Acute otitis media	6.8	6	Leg symptoms	9.4	5
9	Back pain or spinal pain	6.7	4	Respiratory, unspecified	8.8	4
10	Dermatitis	6.4	5	Fatigue	8.4	5
11	Cough	5.6	3	Depression or anxiety	8.0	4
12	Urinary tract infection	5.4	5	Arthritis (not back)	6.8	5
13	Tuberculosis	4.4	3	Sinusitis	6.2	3
14	Dyspepsia	4.3	4	Cardiovascular	6.0	4
15	Tonsillitis	4.2	3	Acute otitis media	5.8	4
16	Parasites	4.0	2	Urinary tract infection	5.4	4
17	Asthma	4.0	4	Vertigo or dizziness	5.4	4
18	Abdominal, unspecified	4.0	5	Skin, unspecified	4.8	4

RFV—reason for visit.

^*Studies in this analysis included the following: Binns et al,¹¹ 2007; Britt et al,¹² 2015; Brueton et al,¹⁸ 2010; Fleming et al,¹⁹ 2005; Mash et al,²¹ 2012; Mohan and Nagavi,²³ 2003; National Center for Health Statistics,²⁵ 2017; Salvi et al,²⁹ 2015; and Wändell et al,¹³ 2013.

^†Studies in this analysis included the following: Britt et al,¹² 2015; Mash et al,²¹ 2012; and Soler et al,³¹ 2012 (which had 3 data sets).

^‡Higher scores mean the condition was reported as a more common RFV in more studies.