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Within each district, the district hospital (DH), one Sub-district hospital (SDH) (if available), two Community health centers (CHCs), and two Primary health care centers (PHCs) were selected. Thus, a total of three DHs, three SDHs, six CHCs, and six PHCs were covered. Two tertiary healthcare facilities were also included. Patients aged 18 years and older, attending the Outpatient Departments (OPD) of sampled health facilities were chosen as study participants through systematic random sampling.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 3044 patients were interviewed. In general, 65% of the sample reported symptoms as their chief complaint for reason of encounter, whereas 35% reported disease and diagnosis. The most common reasons to encounter health facilities were fever, hypertension, abdominal pain, chest pain, arthritis, skin disease, cough, diabetes, and injury. Among the symptoms, the highest number of patients reported the general category (29%), followed by the digestive system (16%). In the disease category, the circulatory system has the highest proportion, followed by the musculatory system. In symptom categories, general, digestive, and musculatory systems were the key systems for the reasons of encounter in outpatient departments irrespective of different groups of the population. In terms of different tiers of health systems, the top three reasons to visit OPD were dominated by the circulatory system, respiratory system, and musculatory system.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is the first Indian study using the ICPC-3 classification for all three levels of health care. Irrespective of age, socio-economic variables, and tiers of healthcare, the top three groups to visit public health facilities according to the ICPC-3 classification were consistent i.e., general, digestive, and circulatory. 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