Distribution of Visits for the Top 15 PRINS Diagnostic Clusters
Rank Order | Percentage of Visits, Weighted | |||
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Diagnostic Cluster | PRINS | NAMCS | PRINS | NAMCS Mean (95% CI) |
PRINS = Primary Care Network Survey; NAMCS = National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; CI = confidence interval. | ||||
Routine health maintenance | 1 | 1 | 15.9 | 11.2 (10.6–11.8) |
Upper respiratory infection | 2 | 2 | 6.9 | 7.1 (6.7–7.5) |
Hypertension | 3 | 3 | 6.0 | 6.5 (6.2–6.9) |
Otitis media | 4 | 4 | 5.4 | 3.4 (3.2–3.6) |
Diabetes mellitus | 5 | 5 | 3.6 | 3.0 (2.8–3.2) |
Depression or anxiety | 6 | 9 | 2.2 | 2.0 (1.9–2.1) |
Asthma | 7 | 11 | 2.1 | 1.7 (1.6–1.8) |
Rhinitis | 8 | 12 | 2.1 | 1.6 (1.4–1.9) |
Sinusitis | 9 | 6 | 1.9 | 2.9 (2.6–3.1) |
Hyperlipidemia | 10 | 8 | 1.9 | 2.1 (1.9–2.3) |
Lower respiratory infection | 11 | 17 | 1.7 | 1.3 (1.1–1.4) |
Eczema | 12 | 16 | 1.6 | 1.4 (1.3–1.6) |
Peptic disease | 13 | 15 | 1.4 | 1.5 (1.4–1.6) |
Pregnancy-related | 14 | 30 | 1.3 | 0.6 (0.5–0.8) |
Nonfungal skin infection | 15 | 27 | 1.3 | 0.8 (0.7–0.9) |