Epidemiology:
- In 41 months, 802,255 patients had 4.17 Million visits to student health centers
- The average visits per patient is 5.20
- The top 10 diagnostic categories for the 802,000 individuals seen over 41 months are rank ordered below.
- Since individuals can have more than one diagnosis, the total of percentages is greater than 100.
- Average visits per patient in each category are also listed.
Percent of Patients and Visits per Patient for Each Diagnostic Category
| DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORY | Percent of Patients |
Diagnosis Specific Visits per patient |
|
preventive |
49.0 |
2.30 |
|
respiratory |
36.7 |
1.79 |
|
skin, nails, hair |
15.5 |
1.69 |
|
infectious (non STI) |
14.3 |
1.43 |
|
mental health |
12.9 |
4.93 |
|
musculoskeletal |
11.9 |
2.06 |
|
injuries |
11.9 |
1.72 |
|
abdomen, digestive, gastro |
11.2 |
1.54 |
|
eye, ear, mouth |
10.8 |
1.55 |
| female reproductive |
9.1 |
1.65 |
James Turner, M.D. is Executive Director of NSNI & Principal Investigator of the CHSN project.
