Comparison of primary health care services between urban and rural settings after the introduction of the first urban health centre in Vyronas, Greece

Table 3 Distribution of Primary Health Care Services provided by HCOV and HCNM and index of utilization of health services during 2004–2006.

		HCOV		HCNM
Department	Age group	N	%	N	%	p-value
	0–14
Pediatric Clinic		28945	91.18	12013	89.41
Vaccinations		2701	8.51	1411	10.50	<0.001
Home visits		99	0.31	12	0.09
Total		31745	100.00	13436	100.00
Referrals to secondary or tertiary care hospitals		1311	4.53	1204	10.02	<0.001
	15–64
Chronic diseases – Follow up		27822	57.81	37050	72.66
Emergency Room		19432	40.38	12893	25.28
Vaccinations		722	1.50	1013	1.99	<0.001
Home visits		147	0.31	38	1.48
Total		48123	100.00	50994	100.00
Referrals to secondary or tertiary care hospitals		654	1.38	2563	5.13	<0.001
	>= 65
Chronic diseases – Follow up		56323	85.93	35365	73.55
Emergency Room		7799	11.90	11341	23.59
Vaccinations		787	1.20	1299	2.70	<0.001
Home visits		638	0.97	78	0.16
Total		65547	100.00	48083	100.00
Referrals to secondary or tertiary care hospitals		677	1.06	1867	4.00	<0.001
	Total
Chronic diseases – Follow up		84145	57.87	72415	64.36
Emergency Room		27231	18.73	24234	21.54
Pediatric Clinic		28945	19.91	12013	10.68
Vaccinations		4210	2.90	3723	3.31	<0.001
Home visits		884	0.61	128	0.11
Total		145415	100.00	112513	100.00
Referrals to secondary or tertiary care hospitals		2642	2.37	5634	5.83	<0.001
Patients per population per year		1.19		3.64		<0.001
Contacts per population per year		3.14		6.52		<0.001
Contacts per patient per year		2.64		1.79		<0.001

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