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Table 1 Overview of the variables and categories

From: Shifting hospital care to primary care: An evaluation of cardiology care in a primary care setting in the Netherlands

Variables

Categories

Gender

Male

Female

Age

 Referral indication given by the general practitioner*

Heart palpitations

Heart murmur

Cardiac screening

Suspected arrhythmia

Atypical chest pain

Reduced exercise capacity

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Abnormal ECG

Dyspnoea

Suspected heart failure

Suspected coronary sclerosis

Analyses of atrial fibrillation

Stable Angina Pectoris

 Reason for referral given by the general practitioner*

To reassure the patient

Upon patient request

Upon specialist advice or request

To exclude disease

Screening of unclear pathology

Checking the unknown

To confirm disease

 Advice given by the cardiologist after PC+

Follow-up in primary care setting

Follow-up in hospital care setting

  1. *Categories are included as separate variables in the analysis