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Table 2 The 15 RFE ICPC-2 codes most frequently handled by nurse telephone counselling

From: Telephone counselling by nurses in Norwegian primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study

ICPC-2 code

Nurse telephone advice (n = 14,155)

Proportion

  

Frequency

(%)

Incidence

%

A03

Fever

1039

(7.3)

476

32

D01

Abdominal pain

471

(3.3)

216

18

R05

Cough

431

(3.0)

198

22

H01

Ear pain

311

(2.2)

143

37

A29

General symptom

295

(2.1)

135

31

R21

Throat symptom

266

(1.9)

122

17

L17

Foot/toe symptom

240

(1.7)

110

23

D10

Vomiting

235

(1.7)

108

45

L02

Back symptom

228

(1.6)

104

23

N01

Headache

222

(1.6)

102

23

A13

Concern/fear of medical treatment

217

(1.5)

99

33

A97

Administrative contact

204

(1.4)

93

35

S18

Laceration/cut

197

(1.4)

90

11

D11

Diarrhoea

193

(1.4)

88

46

S06

Rash localized

187

(1.3)

86

37

 

Other

7717

(54.5)

3536

21

 

ICPC-2 unknown

1702

(12.0)

780

28

 

All nurse telephone advice

14,155

(100)

6487

23

  1. The numbers are presented as frequency, incidence per 100,000 inhabitants/year and the proportion of total telephone contacts handled by nurse counselling per code