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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1 Sample size for NMCS 2012
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Table 2.2 Data entry error rate for NMCS 2012
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Table 3.1 Total clinics sampled and responded for NMCS 2012
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Table 3.2 Response rate for NMCS 2012
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Table 3.3 Observed and weighted dataset for NMCS 2012
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Table 4.1 Characteristics of doctors for NMCS 2012
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Table 5.1 Characteristics of patient encounters in primary care clinics in 2012
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Table 5.2 Duration of sick leave issued in primary care clinics in 2012
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Table 6.1 Reasons for encounter by ICPC-2 components in primary care clinics in 2012
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Table 6.2 Reasons for encounter by ICPC-2 components and sector
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Table 6.3 Reasons for encounter by ICPC-2 chapters and common individual reasons
for encounter within chapter in primary care clinics in 2012 36
Table 7.1 Diagnoses by ICPC-2 components in primary care clinics in 2012
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Table 7.2 Diagnoses by ICPC-2 chapters and common individual diagnoses
within chapter managed in primary care clinics in 2012 44
Table 7.3 Thirty most common diagnoses managed in public clinics in 2012
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Table 7.4 Thirty most common diagnoses managed in private clinics in 2012
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Table 8.1 Number of encounters for which medication was prescribed
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Table 8.2 Prescribed medications by ATC level 1, 3 and 5 in primary care clinics in 2012
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Table 8.3 Prescribed medications by ATC level 1 and sector in primary care clinics in 2012
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Table 8.4 Thirty most frequently prescribed medications in public clinics in 2012
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Table 8.5 Thirty most frequently prescribed medications in private clinics in 2012
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Table 9.1 Types of investigations by ICPC-2 chapters and common individual test
within chapter in primary care clinics in 2012 63
Table 9.2 Top 10 diagnoses for which investigation was most frequently ordered
in primary care clinics in 2012 69
Table 10.1 Advicecounselling and procedures in primary care clinics in 2012
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Table 10.2 Types of advicecounseling provided in primary care clinics in 2012
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