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Table 2 ICPC-2 categories and provided measures

From: What do community paramedics in Germany do regarding the care of older people? A retrospective, descriptive analysis of low-acuity cases

 

Overall

65-years and older

No need of LTC

Home care recipients

Nursing home residents

Number of suspected diagnoses by ICPC-2 in order to appearancea

n = , (%)

n = 634

n = 164

n = 163

n = 127

- U, Urological

158 (24.9)

14 (8.5)

44 (27.0)

64 (50.4)

- A, General and Unspecified

87 (13.7)

20 (12.2)

28 (17.2)

13 (10.2)

- K, Circulatory

86 (13.6)

34 (20.7)

22 (13.5)

5 (3.9)

- D, Digestive

81 (12.8)

30 (18.3)

19 (11.7)

13 (10.2)

- L, Musculoskeletal

73 (11.5)

27 (16.5)

15 (9.2)

6 (4.7)

- R, Respiratory

65 (10.3)

23 (14.0)

10 (6.1)

14 (11.0)

- P, Psychological

30 (4.7)

7 (4.3)

11 (6.7)

1 (0.8)

- T, Endocrine, metabolic and nutritional

27 (4.3)

9 (5.5)

8 (4.9)

5 (3.9)

- N, Neurological

25 (3.9)

12 (7.3)

5 (3.1)

1 (0.8)

- S, Skin

25 (3.9)

5 (3.0)

5 (3.1)

8 (6.3)

- Z, Social problems

17 (2.7)

2 (1.1)

9 (5.5)

2 (1.6)

- B, Blood, blood forming organs and Immune Mechanism

1 (0.2)

1 (0.6)

0

0

- X, Female genital

4 (0.6)

0

2 (1.2)

1 (0.8)

- H, Ear

3 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

0

1 (0.8)

- Y, Male genital

3 (0.5)

0

0

2 (1.6)

- F, Eye

1 (0,2)

0

0

1 (0.8)

- W, Pregnancy, childbearing, family planning (Women)

0

0

0

0

Measures in order to appearancea

n = , (%)

n = 869

n = 243

n = 221

n = 171

- Consulting

709 (81.6)

218 (89.7)

193 (87.3)

119 (69.6)

- Vital signs

609 (70.1)

192 (79.0)

162 (73.3)

95 (55.6)

- Medication supply (GNFS)

181 (20.8)

63 (25.9)

39 (17.6)

29 (17.0)

- Indwelling urinary catheter care

157 (18.1)

6 (2.5)

43 (19.5)

67 (39.2)

- Intravenous line

143 (16.5)

56 (23.0)

32 (14.5)

22 (12.9)

- Help for self-medication

101 (11.6)

36 (14.8)

33 (14.9)

10 (5.8)

- Other/ Special features/ increased effort

73 (8.4)

20 (8.2)

32 (14.5)

9 (5.3)

- Urine test stripes

32 (3.7)

4 (1.6)

13 (5.9)

7 (4.1)

- Other medical expertise

23 (2.6)

4 (1.6)

8 (3.6)

3 (1.8)

- Purely nursing measures

19 (2.2)

2 (0.8)

11 (5.0)

3 (1.8)

- Wound care

17 (2.0)

4 (1.6)

6 (2.7)

3 (1.8)

  1. aMultiple answers possible