Consultation rates for lower extremity complaints in general practice
| ICPC* | Complaint/diagnosis | Consultation rate (95%CI) (per 1000 registered patients) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health insurance | Sex | ||||||||||
| Public | Private | Men | Women | Total | |||||||
| *International Classification of Primary Care. | |||||||||||
| †Significant different consultation rate between public and private insurance or between men and women (p<0.01). | |||||||||||
| CI, confidence interval. | |||||||||||
| L13 | Hip symptoms/complaints | 14.8 | (14.3 to 15.2) | 10.3† | (9.8 to 10.9) | 8.7 | (8.3 to 9.1) | 17.7† | (17.1 to 18.3) | 13.2 | (12.8 to 13.6) |
| L14 | Leg/thigh symptoms/complaints | 22.9 | (22.4 to 23.5) | 12.7† | (12.1 to 13.3) | 15.2 | (14.7 to 15.8) | 23.4† | (22.7 to 24.1) | 19.3 | (18.9 to 19.8) |
| L15 | Knee symptoms/complaints | 34.1 | (33.4 to 34.8) | 23.7† | (22.9 to 24.6) | 28.9 | (28.1 to 29.6) | 32.0† | (31.2 to 32.8) | 30.5 | (29.9 to 31.0) |
| L16 | Ankle symptoms/complaints | 7.9 | (7.5 to 8.2) | 5.1† | (4.7 to 5.5) | 6.2 | (5.8 to 6.6) | 7.6† | (7.2 to 8.0) | 6.9 | (6.6 to 7.2) |
| L17 | Foot/toe symptoms/complaints | 27.9 | (27.3 to 28.6) | 19.3† | (18.5 to 20.0) | 20.0 | (19.4 to 20.7) | 29.7† | (28.9 to 30.5) | 24.9 | (24.4 to 25.4) |
| L77 | Sprain of ankle/foot | 15.9 | (15.4 to 16.4) | 12.6† | (12.0 to 13.2) | 13.9 | (13.4 to 14.4) | 15.6† | (15.0 to 16.1) | 14.8 | (14.4 to 15.1) |
| L78 | Sprain/strains of knees | 7.0 | (6.7 to 7.4) | 5.4† | (5.0 to 5.8) | 6.9 | (6.5 to 7.3) | 6.0† | (5.7 to 6.4) | 6.4 | (6.2 to 6.7) |
| L89 | Osteoarthritis hip | 7.3 | (6.9 to 7.6) | 4.9† | (4.5 to 5.3) | 3.8 | (3.5 to 4.1) | 9.1† | (8.6 to 9.5) | 6.4 | (6.2 to 6.7) |
| L90 | Osteoarthritis knee | 10.5 | (10.1 to 10.9) | 6.0† | (5.5 to 6.4) | 4.5 | (4.2 to 4.8) | 13.2† | (12.7 to 13.7) | 8.9 | (8.6 to 9.2) |
| L96 | Acute meniscus/ligament knee | 3.4 | (3.2 to 3.7) | 2.8† | (2.5 to 3.1) | 3.9 | (3.6 to 4.1) | 2.6† | (2.4 to 2.8) | 3.2 | (3.0 to 3.4) |
| L97 | Chronic internal knee derangement | 7.6 | (7.3 to 8.0) | 5.9† | (5.5 to 6.4) | 6.4 | (6.0 to 6.8) | 7.7† | (7.3 to 8.0) | 7.0 | (6.8 to 7.3) |
| Total | 159.3 | (157.9 to 160.8) | 108.7† | (107.0 to 110.4) | 118.4 | (116.9 to 119.8) | 164.5† | (162.9 to 166.2) | 141.6 | (140.5 to 142.7) | |