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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population

From: Patient and care characteristics of self-referrals treated by the general practitioner cooperative at emergency-care-access-points in the Netherlands

Characteristic

Number

Percent

Gender (n = 783)

 • Male

459

(58.6)

 • Female

324

(41.4)

Age (n = 783)

 • 0–15 years

184

(23.5)

 • 16–45 years

361

(46.1)

 • 46–65 years

150

(19.1)

 • 65 > years

88

(11.2)

Living area (n = 783)

 • Urban

509

(65.0)

 • rural area

274

(35.0)

Urgency (n = 533)a,b

 • U1: Life-threatening

0

(0)

 • U2: Acute

25

(4.7)

 • U3: Urgent

344

(64.5)

 • U4: Routine

164

(30.8)

Diagnosis (ICPC) (n = 783)

Trauma

463

(59.1)

  • Wound

186

(23.8)

  • suspicion of fracture of extremity

122

(15.6)

  • contusion/distortion of musculoskeletal system

106

(13.5)

  • multiple injury after trauma

26

(3.3)

  • traumatic nose injury

14

(1.8)

  • traumatic cranial injury

9

(1.1)

Non trauma

320

(40.9)

  • abdominal complaints

41

(5.2)

  • ocular complaints

34

(4.3)

  • musculoskeletal (non-traumatic)

27

(3.4)

  • myogenic complaints

20

(2.6)

  • skin complaints

20

(2.6)

  • thoracic pain

17

(2.2)

  • respiratory complaints

14

(1.8)

  • other

147

(18.8)

  1. aData refer to two out of three GPCs (second and third)
  2. bUrgency U5 was introduced in the triage guidelines in 2012