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Figures
- Figure 1 Boxplot of medical priority rank given by family practitioners to 74 chronic conditions (categories 1 and 2), sorted by mean rank (diamond)
- Figure 2 Scatterplot of correlation between prevalence and medical priority ranking
- Figure 3 Relationship between medical priority ranking and category of conditions
- Figure 4 Distribution of the three categories of conditions among the top three ranking medical priorities
Tables
- Table 1 Medical priority ranking (absolute and relative) for each chronic condition on the list and its prevalence (categories 1 and 2). 1 was the highest medical priority ranking and 19 the lowest for the absolute ranking, whereas 100% was the highest medical priority for the relative ranking. Chronic condition labels adapted from ICPC-2.
Chronic conditions Cases in the sample, n Prevalence, % Absolute medical priority ranking Relative medical priority ranking, % Median Quantiles Median Quantiles High 0.25 0.75 Low High 0.25 0.75 Low Highly prevalent chronic conditions Hypertension uncomplicated 460 51.8 3 1 2 5 15 60 100 80 33 0 Risk factor cardiovascular 380 42.8 6 1 4 8 14 32 100 56 11 0 Obesity 283 31.9 5 1 3 7 13 44 100 67 22 0 Depressive 238 26.8 4 1 2 6 15 52 100 75 25 0 Osteoarthritis, knee 223 25.1 5 1 3 6 15 50 100 71 25 0 Atrial fibrillation 210 23.6 2 1 2 3 16 80 100 100 61 0 Pain, general 205 23.0 5 1 2 8 15 36 100 86 0 0 Diabetes, non insulin-dependent 204 22.9 2 1 1 4 12 76 100 100 50 0 Atherosclerosis 167 18.8 5 1 3 8 15 50 100 71 17 0 Ischaemic heart without angina 164 18.5 2 1 1 4 13 83 100 100 61 0 Osteoporosis 163 18.4 5 1 3 7 15 43 100 71 20 0 Hypertension, complicated 159 17.9 4 1 2 6 15 57 100 80 33 0 Osteoarthritis, hip 153 17.3 5 1 3 7 13 50 100 75 26 0 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 126 14.2 3 1 1 6 12 71 100 100 37 0 Neuropathy 112 12.6 5 1 3 7 15 43 100 71 17 0 Hearing complaint 110 12.4 6 1 4 8 12 25 100 42 13 0 Cerebrovascular disease 106 11.9 4 1 2 7 13 50 100 88 20 0 Ischaemic heart with angina 104 11.7 2 1 1 3 11 88 100 100 74 0 Gout 100 11.2 5 1 4 7 13 33 100 50 17 0 Diabetes, insulin-dependent 91 10.2 2 1 1 3 10 88 100 100 71 0 Elevated blood pressure 90 10.1 4 1 3 7 11 40 100 67 20 0 Asthma 86 9.6 4 1 3 6 14 53 100 72 32 0 Irritable bowel disease 84 9.4 4 1 3 7 15 39 100 69 20 0 Tobacco abuse 73 8.2 5 1 3 7 14 29 100 69 9 0 Rheumatoid arthritis 68 7.6 2 1 1 6 14 82 100 100 31 0 Incontinence 62 7.0 6 1 4 7 12 40 100 63 17 0 Chronic alcohol abuse 49 5.6 4 1 2 6 11 58 100 88 25 0 Prostate neoplasm 49 5.6 4 1 2 6 11 50 100 83 13 0 Slightly prevalent chronic conditions Macular degeneration 42 4.8 5 1 4 6 15 43 100 66 21 0 Involuntary movement 41 4.7 5 1 4 7 14 37 100 57 16 0 Chronic bronchitis 40 4.5 5 1 3 6 12 43 100 75 22 0 Migraine 38 4.3 5 1 3 7 14 25 100 67 17 0 Chronic skin ulcer 27 3.1 5 1 3 7 12 50 100 67 21 0 Memory disturbance 26 3.0 5 1 2 8 16 60 100 80 20 0 Trauma 26 3.0 4 1 3 7 10 44 100 75 29 0 Breast female, neoplasm 25 2.8 4 1 2 5 15 57 100 88 38 0 Colorectal neoplasm 25 2.8 2 1 1 5 9 70 100 100 45 0 Retinopathy 25 2.8 6 1 5 8 13 32 100 41 27 0 Bladder neoplasm 22 2.5 3 1 2 6 12 50 100 79 34 0 Parkinsonism 22 2.5 2 1 1 4 10 80 100 100 50 0 Personality disorder 22 2.5 2 1 2 5 12 78 100 89 30 0 Chronic enteritis 21 2.4 7 1 4 9 15 22 100 41 0 0 Other blood neoplasm 21 2.4 4 1 1 6 11 63 100 100 40 0 Epilepsy 19 2.2 5 2 4 6 13 43 86 50 20 0 Phobia, compulsive 19 2.2 4 1 3 7 15 29 100 85 11 0 Pulmonary heart disease 19 2.2 5 1 3 8 14 63 100 76 26 0 Somatisation 18 2.0 6 1 3 7 14 52 100 70 14 0 Dementia 17 1.9 4 1 2 6 8 57 100 89 35 0 Bowel incontinence 16 1.8 5 1 3 9 11 33 100 71 23 0 Medication abuse 16 1.8 5 1 3 6 10 64 100 80 16 0 Multiple sclerosis 13 1.5 1 1 1 1 7 100 100 100 100 29 Affective psychosis 11 1.2 4 1 2 8 10 69 100 93 27 0 Blindness 11 1.2 6 1 3 8 12 36 100 80 19 0 Bronchus lung neoplasm 11 1.2 1 1 1 6 6 100 100 100 62 29 Deafness 10 1.1 6 3 4 7 10 27 75 58 0 0 Other malignant neoplasm 10 1.1 5 1 3 8 13 15 100 56 10 0 Drug abuse 8 0.9 5 1 3 8 11 42 100 82 7 0 Lymphoma 8 0.9 6 1 3 9 11 33 100 77 16 0 Anorexia bulimia 7 0.8 5 4 4 7 13 40 73 47 13 0 Post-traumatic stress 6 0.7 4 4 4 6 10 51 80 63 23 0 Kidney neoplasm 5 0.6 3 1 1 4 5 78 100 85 72 64 Pain, face 5 0.6 8 2 2 9 9 36 89 80 0 0 Psychosis, other 5 0.6 4 1 2 9 12 25 100 90 11 8 Schizophrenia 5 0.6 1 1 1 3 6 80 100 100 59 55 Thyroid neoplasm 5 0.6 5 1 2 6 8 53 100 83 25 13 Poliomyelitis 4 0.5 6 2 3 9 10 57 86 75 31 0 Cervix neoplasm 3 0.3 3 2 3 6 8 41 82 61 20 0 Organic psychosis, other 3 0.3 7 4 6 9 11 25 45 35 13 0 Other digestive neoplasm 3 0.3 4 4 4 7 9 42 73 57 27 11 AIDS 2 0.2 5 3 4 5 6 44 60 52 36 29 Pancreas neoplasm 2 0.2 2 1 2 3 3 92 100 96 88 85 Stomach neoplasm 2 0.2 2 1 2 3 3 75 100 88 63 50 Trigeminal neuralgia 2 0.2 6 3 5 8 9 46 71 59 33 20 Mental retardation 1 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 100 100 100 100 100
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