Cause | Frequency (%) |
Acute trauma | 15.1 |
Respiratory | 14.2 |
Gastrointestinal | 13.3 |
Miscellaneous* | 11.3 |
Genitourinary | 11.0 |
Muscle/joint pain | 8.0 |
Infection (that does not fall into any of the other categories) | 6.8 |
Mental health | 5.4 |
Cardiovascular | 5.4 |
Neurologic | 3.3 |
Dermatologic | 3.2 |
Cancer-related | 3.0 |
*Includes items like attention to dressings/sutures, issuing of a repeat drug prescription, follow-up on results of investigations, non-specific symptoms (eg, dizziness), etc.