The Kitakanto Medical Journal
Online ISSN : 1881-1191
Print ISSN : 1343-2826
APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF PRIMARY CARE TO PATIENT RECORD IN GENERAL MIDICINE OF GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Tsugiyasu KandaAtsushi KuwabaraIsao KobayashiKin'ichi FujitaHiromi NakajimaJun'ichi Tamura
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Volume 50 (2000) Issue 3 Pages 215-219

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Abstract

To explore the feasibility of medical record of Gunma University and International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC), we investigated the the analysis of the out-patients' record in General Medicine of Gunma University Hospital. Study design is a cohort of 551 patients from the General Medicine at Gunma University. The pattern of hospital visit was applied ICPC codes for primary diagnosis. Classification of age, sex, chief complaint and introduced department were analyzed. Female dominant tendency was observed from out-patients' records. The most frequent complaint was headache through examined 5 years. Kinds of pain such as headache, abdominal pain, chest pain, lumbago, back pain are mostly occupied in the top ten of chief complaints. Applying the ICPC codes, dominant reasons for encounter showed digestive, circulatory, musculoskeletal, neurological diseases. Record analysis with ICPC is a useful method for studying the effective analysis of General Medicine in Gunma and might suggest interesting hypothesis for further investigation.

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