Headache in General Practice: Frequency, Management, and Results of Encounter

Table 3

Actions taken by the physician % in the German SESAM 2 study ( = 231 patients) and the Dutch Transition Project ( = 8,050 patients, = 9,865 consultations) to diagnose headache. Procedures that are not explicitly diagnostic were also registered in Table 4.

Physician’s action	SESAM 2	DTP
Physical examination	90.5	85.1
Follow-up consultation	69.3	N/A
Laboratory investigations	13.4	6.9
Referral	15.2	1.2 (pc^*), 3.9 (sc^**)
Other procedures	6.5	0.6
Diagnostic imaging	4.8	3.3
ECG	4.8	N/A
Hospitalization	0.9	0.3

^*pc: primary care; ^**sc: specialized care.