title: [Diagnosis and treatment in general practice. 2. Episodes of medical care of health problems during a period of 3 months].
abstract: The object of this article is to describe the working process in general practice. One hundred general practices were selected at random in the County of Copenhagen. Fifty-five general practices participated and registered the contacts during the period 13.9.1982 and the next three months for a random sample of group I patients from the low income group of the Danish Health Insurance and born on the 13th of a month. Where each contact is concerned, the individual health problems were registered together with the form of contact, the reason for contact, the wishes of the patient and the doctor's actions and also the diagnosis. Thirty-six % of the low income insurance group men and 37% of the women had at least one contact with general practice in the course of the three-month period. Seventy-nine episodes of medical care per 100 persons were found in a period of investigation of three months and women had nearly twice as many episodes of medical care as the men. In 59% of the episodes of medical care, the patients had at least one symptom. In 22% of the episodes of medical care, the patients were referred to other persons or instances. In 73% of the episodes of medical care, the general practitioner established the final diagnosis.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hollnagel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heldrup
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frimodt-Møller
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gannik
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark; D003933:Diagnosis; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012017:Referral and Consultation
vernacular_title: Diagnostik og behandling i almen praksis. 2. Kontaktforløb af helbredsproblemer over 3 måneder.