Patient characteristics | Non frequent HS users (N.927) | Frequent HS users (N.1098) | Total |
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Gender (%) (p < 0.05) among users | |||
 Male | 51.9 | 44.2 | 47.7 |
 Female | 48.1 | 55.8 | 52.3 |
Age group (%) (p < 0.05) among users | |||
 18–45 y | 41.0 | 34.2 | 37.3 |
 46–65 y | 33.8 | 33.6 | 33.7 |
 65+ y | 25.2 | 32.2 | 29.0 |
Education (%) | |||
 Low (primary) | 19.3 | 20.6 | 20.0 |
 Medium (secondary) | 29.9 | 26.8 | 28.2 |
 High (high school, degree) | 50.8 | 52.6 | 51.8 |
Self-reported health status (%) (p < 0.01) among users | |||
 Bad | 6.1 | 16.8 | 11.9 |
 Fair | 43.0 | 50.2 | 46.9 |
 Good | 50.9 | 33.0 | 41.2 |
Self-reported chronicity (%) (p < 0.01) among users | |||
 No | 81.1 | 56.6 | 67.8 |
 Yes | 18.9 | 43.4 | 32.2 |
Frequency of visits to GP in the last year (%) (p < 0.01) among users | |||
 Never | 5.9 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
 Rarely (1–4 times/year) | 68.0 | 47.4 | 56.9 |
 Sometimes (at least 5 times/year) | 26.1 | 49.3 | 38.6 |
 Often (at least once/month) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Main reason for visit to GP (%) (p < 0.05) among users | |||
 Administrative (prescription. certificate) | 51.4 | 56.7 | 54.3 |
 Health reason | 48.7 | 43.3 | 45.7 |
Co-location of GP in primary care centres (%) | |||
 Yes | 36.1 | 38.4 | 37.4 |
 No | 63.9 | 61.6 | 62.6 |
Experience of multidisciplinary team (%) | |||
 Yes | 18.9 | 21.6 | 20.4 |
 No | 81.1 | 78.4 | 79.6 |
Co-location of multidisciplinary team in primary care centres (%) | |||
 Patients of GP within PCC with experience of multidisciplinary team | 8.4 | 10.0 | 9.2 |
 Patients of GP within PCC without experience of multidisciplinary team | 27.7 | 28.4 | 28.1 |
 Patients of GP not in PCC with other experience of multidisciplinary team | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.1 |
 Patients of GP not in PCC without any experience of multidisciplinary team | 53.4 | 50.0 | 51.5 |
Satisfaction – overall care evaluation (score) (%) | 84.4 | 83.7 | 84.0 |