Abstract:
Purpose: The study takes a retrospective analysis of
patients from rural and urban regions visiting an
internal diseases polyclinic.
Materials and methods: A total of 139,495
complete cases files were evaluated between January
2013 – December 2017. Annual check-ups were not
included in the study as they were not the focus of
the study.
Results: It is found that 66.9% of the patients were
women, and the number of applications increased
according to age groups by year. The highest
application rate was 24%, which was over 65 years
of age grouping, while the lowest application rate
was 10.5% in the 26-33 years old grouping. 65.2%
of patients were from urban, 10.3% were from rural,
and 25.4% were from outside of the province of
Nevşehir (e.g., someone from Istanbul paying a visit
to the polyclinic). The most coded diagnoses in the
applications were Endocrine, Nutritional, and
Metabolic Diseases (21.06%), Gastrointestinal
Diseases (16.9%), Symptoms, Signals and Abnormal
Clinic, and Laboratory Findings (13.92%), Not
classified anywhere and- Circulatory System
Diseases (11.85%). The most coded diagnoses for
applicants were Hypertension (21.9%), Diabetes
Mellitus (14.7%), and Non-insulin Dependent
Diabetes Mellitus (9.6%).
Conclusions: When scientific experiences and
knowledge about chronic diseases and risk factors
are combined with the country's opportunities, the
disease burden of the community could decrease
significantly. This study is essential in terms of its
being the first study in our region, and it is hoped its
scientific data can contribute to planning health and
nursing care services