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Table 3 Number of medical specialists consulted at least once by patients’ age at initial diagnosis (n = 160,963)

From: Treating epistaxis – who cares for a bleeding nose? A secondary data analysis of primary and secondary care

  0–10 years (n = 29,733) 11–20 years (n = 29, 346) 21–40 years (n = 24, 001) 41–60 years (n = 25, 017) 61–80 years (n = 38,275) > 80 years (n = 14, 591) Total (n = 160, 963)
Medical specialist(s) consulted at least once during the study perioda
GP 6299 (21.2%) 14,190 (48.4%) 13,190 (55.0%) 13,030 (52.1%) 19,578 (51.2%) 7993 (54.8%) 74,280 (46.1%)
 ENT specialist 11,803 (39.7%) 14,596 (49.7%) 11,900 (49.6%) 14,232 (56.9%) 23,412 (61.2%) 7477 (51.2%) 83,420 (51.8%)
 Pediatrician 16,713 (56.2%) 4946 (16.9%) 27 (0.1%) 26 (0.1%) 54 (0.1%) 35 (0.2%) 21,801 (13.5%)
 Other specialist 1853 (6.2%) 2098 (7.1%) 2188 (9.1%) 2513 (10.0%) 4470 (11.7%) 1770 (12.1%) 14,892 (9.3%)
GP and ENT specialist consulted at least once
 During the study period 2126 (7.2%) 4839 (16.5%) 3549 (14.8%) 4766 (19.1%) 8855 (23.1%) 3015 (20.7%) 27,150 (16.9%)
 During one quarter or two consecutive quarters 1370 (4.6%) 3855 (13.1%) 3034 (12.6%) 4270 (17.1%) 7873 (20.6%) 2716 (18.6%) 23,118 (14.4%)
  1. Note aPatients might have consulted different physician specialties during the study period and, therefore, proportions sum up to over 100%