In order to know the contents of disease of inpatients, the patients' charts were reviewed and analyzed.
All patients who admitted in the Department of the family medicine Daelim from March 1, 1989 to February 28, 1990 were analyzed.
The results of this study were as follows.
1. Total number of patients was 318 among them, male was in 35.5%, female was in 64.5%
2. The age distribution of patient was 4 th 78 years old. The age group of 25-34 was the largest.
3. The 5 most common problems were abdominal pain, nausea & vomiting, fever, headache, dyspnea.
4. The total number of final diagnoses was 546, and mean number of final diagnoses per patient was 1.7 diagnoses/patient.
The 5 most common diagnoses were acute gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection, gastroduodenitis, acute pharyngotonsillitis, renal stone.
5. In classifying disease by system, the rank in order frequency was infective and parasitic, digestive system, respiratory system, genitourinary system, injury and poisoning.
6. The referral rate was 6.2%
7. The total number of consultation was 166, and the top 5 specialities cousulted were obstetrics and gynecology, otorhinolaryngology, general surgery, urology, psychiatrics in order.
