Patient satisfaction with primary care: an observational study comparing anthroposophic and conventional care

Table 3 Diagnoses, co-morbidities and Charlson index (physician rated)

Main Diagnoses, *ICD-10** ^{(Distribution p < 0.001)}		CON			AM
		#	%	CI ^a	#	%	CI ^a
M	Diseases of the musculoskeletal system	238	17.46	14.9–20.0	111	19.04	15.3–22.8
I	Diseases of the circulatory system	241	17.68	15.4–19.9	51	8.75	6.1–11.4
J	Diseases of the respiratory system	135	9.90	8.3–11.6	65	11.15	8.5–13.8
F	Mental and behavioural disorders	112	8.22	6.1–10.3	63	10.81	7.5–14.2
*S. T*	Injury, poisoning	104	7.63	5.8–9.5	28	4.80	3.2–6.4
K	Diseases of the digestive system	86	6.31	4.8–7.8	42	7.20	5.0–9.4
*G, H*	Diseases of the nervous system, eye and ear	69	5.06	0.2–3.5	33	5.66	0.3–4.1
E	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	79	5.80	4.5–7.0	15	2.57	1.2–3.9
L	Diseases of the skin	47	3.45	2.4–4.5	25	4.29	2.7–5.9
N	Diseases of the genitourinary system	42	3.08	1.9–4.3	29	4.97	2.9–7.0
C, D 1	Neoplasms	15	1.10	1.4–2.9	43	7.38	5.5–12.0
*A, B*	Infectious and parasitic diseases	23	1.69	1.0–2.3	14	2.40	1.1–3.7
D2	Diseases of the blood	20	1.47	0.1–0.8	13	2.23	0.1–1.6
Z	Factors influencing health status and contact with health services	71	5.21		12	2.06
	Others and not elsewhere classified diseases	81	2.35		39	6.58
Co-Morbidity ^{(p = 0.398)}
	None	536	39.3		204	35.0
	1	404	29.6		175	30.0
	>1	423	31.0		204	35.0
Charlson Index* ^{(p < 0.001)}
	0	1207	86.6		509	84.5
	1	115	6.8		21	2.2
	*> 1*	41	1.9		53	6.2

* = significant difference (p < 0.05) to CON-group in a multivariate logistic model
^a = 95% Confidence Interval

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