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Table 2 Changes in the proportion of FA visits of all visits over the period 2001–2010

From: Effect of administrative information on visit rate of frequent attenders in primary health care: ten-year follow-up study

Years compared

RR

95% CI

p-value*

2002 with 2001

0.99

0.978

1.03

0.9379

2003 with 2001

0.95

0.93

0.98

< 0.0001

2004 with 2001

0.97

0.95

0.99

0.0104

2005 with 2001

0.99

0.97

1.01

0.1918

2006 with 2001

0.94

0.92

0.96

< 0.0001

2007 with 2006

1.09

1.06

1.11

< 0.0001

2008 with 2006

1.12

1.09

1.14

< 0.0001

2009 with 2006

1.15

1.12

1.17

< 0.0001

2010 with 2006

1.14

1.12

1.17

< 0.0001

  1. Intervention in the form of individualized information to GPs on frequent attendance was provided in 2002, 2003, and 2005. An RR of more than 1.00 signifies that there was an increase in FA visits
  2. RR Relative Risk, CI Confidence Interval
  3. * Statistical significance between years; Poisson’s regression analysis