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Table 2 Characteristics of the contacts involving patients with one, two or more chronic conditions

From: Chronic care management in Danish general practice - a cross‒sectional study of workload and multimorbidity

 

Number of chronic conditions

 

0 n (%)

1 n (%)

2 n (%)

3+ n (%)

p‒value

Characteristics of the contacts

n = 1,229

n = 1,315

n = 731

n = 528

 

Additional psychosocial problems

Yes

110 (9.0)

225 (17.1)

161 (22.0)

118 (22.4)

P < 0.001

 

No

1,119 (91.0)

1,090 (82.9)

570 (78.0)

410 (77.7)

 
 

No inf.

0 (0.0)

0 (0,0)

0 (0,0)

0 (0,0)

 

Time consumption of the consultation

<5 min.

165 (13.4)

128 (9.7)

60 (8.2)

36 (6.8)

P < 0.001

 

6–15 min.

810 (65.9)

876 (66.6)

470 (64.3)

334 (63.2)

 

16–30 min.

205 (16.9)

280 (21.3)

173 (23.7)

141 (26.7)

 

>30 min.

24 (2.0)

18 (1.4)

13 (1.8)

12 (2.3)

 

No inf.

25 (2.0)

13 (1.0)

15 (2.1)

5 (1.0)

 

The GP‒experienced burden of the consultation

Easy

740 (60.2)

738 (56.1)

344 (47.1)

231 (43.7)

P < 0.001

 

Medium

277 (22.5)

297 (22.6)

213 (29.1)

130 (24.6)

 
 

Heavy

171 [9, 13]

261 (19.9)

162 (22.2)

163 (30.9)

 

No inf.

41 (3.3)

19 (1.4)

12 (1.6)

4 (0.8)

 

Referrals

Primary care specialist

77 (6.3)

56 (4.3)

30 (4.1)

18 (3.4)

P = 0.098

 

Outpatient clinics

75 (6.1)

64 (4.9)

38 (5.2)

41 (7.8)

 
 

Hospital admission

15 (1.2)

14 (1.1)

19 (2.6)

8 (1.5)

 

Substitution by staff possible

Yes

144 (11.7)

231 (17.6)

111 (15.2)

83 (15.7)

P = 0.001

 

No

988 (80.4)

1,003 (76.3)

568 (77.7)

416 (78.8)

 
 

No inf.

97 (7.9)

81 (6.2)

52 (7.1)

29 (5.5)

 
  1. 1 Consultations on prophylactic issues are excluded.