Table 4 Use of general practice during 30 days prior to the index OOH contact according to reason for encounter 1, 2
Heart disease N = 494 | Lung disease N = 210 | Diabetes N = 1,527 | Psychiatric disease N = 355 | Cancer N = 1,491 | 2+ diagnosed N = 673 | Remaining population N = 5,894 | ||||||||
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Proportion of patients with a daytime face-to-face GP contact during 30 days prior to the index date (n (%3)) | ||||||||||||||
Exacerbation (index contact) | 115 | (31.2) | 55 | (38.9) | 273 | (25.9) | 74 | (33.0) | 234 | (23.9) | 148 | (30.4) | 692 | (14.6) |
New health problem (index contact) | 205 | (68.8) | 81 | (61.4) | 719 | (74.1) | 118 | (67.0) | 679 | (76.1) | 308 | (69.6) | 3,152 | (85.4) |
Total | 320 | (100.0) | 136 | (100.0) | 992 | (100.0) | 192 | (100.0) | 913 | (100.0) | 456 | (100.0) | 3,851 | (100.0) |
Proportion of patients provided an annual follow-up during the past 12 month (n (%3)) | ||||||||||||||
Exacerbation (index contact) | 32 | (23.1) | 12 | (27.7) | 97 | (23.7) | 16 | (21.0) | 56 | (20.1) | 51 | (20.4) | 140 | (17.5) |
New health problem | 68 | (76.9) | 25 | (72.3) | 305 | (76.3) | 22 | (79.0) | 182 | (79.9) | 113 | (79.6) | 486 | (82.5) |
Total | 100 | (100.0) | 37 | (100.0) | 402 | (100.0) | 38 | (100.0) | 238 | (100.0) | 164 | (100.0) | 626 | (100.0) |
Mean number of daytime face-to-face GP contacts according to time before index date (n (%)) | ||||||||||||||
Index contact due to exacerbation: | ||||||||||||||
1 month | 1.5 | (1.1;1.4) | 1.4 | (1.1;1.7) | 1.8 | (1.3;2.2) | 1.8 | (1.1;2.9) | 1.6 | (1.3;1.8) | 2.0 | (1.2;2.7) | 0.7 | (0.6;0.7) |
3 months | 3.7 | (3.1;4.4) | 3.6 | (2.9;4.3) | 4.7 | (3.5;5.8) | 5.3 | (3.0;7.7) | 3.4 | (3.0;3.8) | 5.0 | (3.1;7.0) | 2.5 | (2.3;2.8) |
6 months | 7.2 | (5.9;8.4) | 7.0 | (5.7;7.7) | 8.8 | (6.5;11.0) | 10.1 | (5.7;14.6) | 6.3 | (5.6;7.1) | 9.7 | (5.9;13.4) | 4.7 | (4.2;5.0) |
12 months | 13.1 | (10.9;15.4) | 12.5 | (10.0;15.0) | 16.5 | (12.2;20.8) | 18.9 | (10.3;27.6) | 11.1 | (9.8;12.4) | 18.5 | (10.9;26.1) | 8.6 | (7.8;9.3) |
Index contact due to new health problem: | ||||||||||||||
1 month | 0.8 | (0.5;0.8) | 0.8 | (0.7;0.9) | 0.7 | (0.6;0.8) | 0.8 | (0.7;0.9) | 0.7 | (0.7;0.8) | 1.4 | (1.2;1.7) | 0.8 | (0.7;0.8) |
3 months | 3.3 | (2.8;3.8) | 2.0 | (3.4;5.4) | 3.5 | (3.2;3.8) | 2.9 | (2.3;3.5) | 2.9 | (2.7;3.1) | 4.1 | (3.6;4.6) | 1.7 | (1.7;1.8) |
6 months | 6.1 | (5.2;7.0) | 8.4 | (6.7;10.0) | 6.6 | (6.1;7.1) | 5.6 | (4.7;6.5) | 5.3 | (4.9;5.6) | 7.3 | (6.5;8.1) | 3.2 | (3.1;3.3) |
12 months | 11.6 | (9.9;13.3) | 16.3 | (12.7;19.8) | 12.7 | (11.7;13.7) | 10.8 | (9.1;12.6) | 10.0 | (9.4;10.7) | 14.2 | (12.8;15.6) | 6.0 | (5.8;6.2) |