Most common illnesses in outpatient clinic of one primary health center in Shanghai / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

There were 461939 outpatient visits in Shanghai Tianping Primary Health Center from January to December 2010,the data were retrospectively analyzed based on the electronic outpatient record.The 20 most common illnesses accounted for 73.67％ of total outpatient consultations (340310/461 939),hypertension ranked the first position of all illnesses ( 21.06％ ) and followed by coronary heart disease (8.36％).Patients aged over 65y accounted for 72.35％ of all patients,the frequency of consultations was positively correlated with age of patients(P ＜0.01 ).The frequency of consultations varies according to the gender,age of the patients as well as the organ system involved (P ＜ 0.01 ).It can be concluded that the most frequently encountered illnesses in primary health center are common illnesses and chronic diseases.There are different needs for primary health service between genders and different age groups.