Table 2 The proportion of patients with chronic diseases distributed over contact types 1
From: Chronic-disease patients and their use of out-of-hours primary health care: a cross-sectional study
| Â | Telephone consultation | Telephone referral | Clinical consultation | Home visit | All | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The unique patients are diagnosed to: | n | (%) | n | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | n | (%) |
0: None of the five diagnoses | 2,076 | (70.3) | 1,322 | (65.0) | 3,049 | (79,1) | 2,571 | (50.5) | 9,018 | (64.9) |
1: Only one of the five diagnoses | 694 | (23.5) | 549 | (27.0) | 674 | (17.5) | 674 | (33.5) | 3,624 | (25.9) |
2: Two or more of the five diagnoses | 183 | (6.2) | 162 | (8.0) | 130 | (3.4) | 813 | (16.0) | 1,288 | (9.2) |
Total | 2,953 | (100.0) | 1,975 | (100.0) | 3,853 | (100.0) | 5,152 | (100.0) | 13,930 | (100.0) |