From: Use of GP services by patients with schizophrenia: a national cross-sectional register-based study
Patient groups | Schizophrenia | Diabetes | Total study population |
---|---|---|---|
N | 10,112 | 54,580 | 2,333,944 |
Proportion men (%) | 61.9 | 59.0 | 51.1 |
Mean age (SD) | 43.0 (9.7) | 49.3 (8.6) | 42.3 (10.1) |
Number of years with same regular GP, median (interquartile range)1 | 5 (2–8) | 8 (3–8) | 8 (3–8) |
Frequencies and content of patient contacts | |||
Proportion of patients with ≥1 consultation (%) | 83.0 | 94.1 | 67.1 |
Mean number of consultations (SD) | 5.0 (6.3) | 5.7 (4.8) | 2.6 (3.6) |
Proportion of consultations lasting ≥20 min (%)2 | 19.0 | 37.7 | 31.1 |
Proportion of consultations with «talking therapy» (%)2 | 41.3 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
Proportion of consultations ≥20 min or with «talking therapy» (%)2 | 60.3 | 41.4 | 35.4 |
Proportion of consultations with any laboratory test taken (%) | 74.0 | 74.4 | 50.6 |
Mean number of “short patient contacts”3 per patient (SD) | 5.0 (8.7) | 4.2 (5.2) | 2.1 (3.9) |
Mean number of home visits per patient (SD) | 0.14 (1.59) | 0.02 (0.96) | 0.006 (0.26) |
Proportion of patients that had taken: | |||
- HbA1c (%) | 12.0 | 64.5 | 4.2 |
- ECG (%) | 6.5 | 6.4 | 4.1 |
- Spirometry (%) | 4.0 | 5.1 | 2.9 |
Interdisciplinary activity by GPs | |||
Proportion of patients with ≥1 multidisciplinary meeting, % | 25.7 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
Mean number of multidisciplinary meetings per patient (SD) | 0.65 (1.63) | 0.06 (0.42) | 0.03 (0.34) |
Mean number of short communications3 between the GP and health- or social services per patient (SD) | 2.9 (5.4) | 0.37 (2.08) | 0.13 (1.1) |
Total service utilisation | |||
Annual fee-for-services per patient (NOK)4, mean(SD) | 2807 (3956) | 1943 (2439) | 648 (1423) |
Comorbidity – proportion of patients also diagnosed with: | |||
- Diabetes mellitus (%) | 8.5 | - | 2.4 |
- Obstructive lung disease (%) | 6.7 | 8.4 | 4.7 |
- Hypertension (%) | 7.5 | 32.8 | 8.4 |
- Cardiovascular disease (%) | 2.0 | 9.0 | 1.7 |