1993 | 2012 | 1993–2012 Comparisona | |
---|---|---|---|
% or mean (median) | % or mean (median) | p | |
General features | |||
PCP as unique activity | 71.6 | 33.7 | <0.001 |
Group practice | 27.7 | 52.3 | <0.001 |
Self-employed (vs salaried) | 99.0 | 96.0 | 0.057 |
Computer equipment | 78.5 | 100.0 | <0.001 |
Use for making appointments | 0.7 | 50.2 | <0.001 |
Use for keeping records of consultations | 6.0 | 46.7 | <0.001 |
Use for drug prescriptions | 3.3 | 55.3 | <0.001 |
PC access | |||
Regular weekly workload as PCP (in hours) | 50.2 | 46.6 | < 0.01 |
(50.0) | (48.5) | ||
Weekly workload (regular + after hours, in hours) | 67.0 | 51.3 | <0.001 |
(64.0) | (51.0) | ||
Face-to-face patient contacts a day | 30.9 | 24.0 | <0.001 |
(30.0) | (25.0) | ||
Consultation’s length (minutes) | 15.1 | 19.6 | <0.001 |
(15.0) | (20.0) | ||
Telephone patient contacts a day | 7.2 | 6.4 | 0.075 |
(5.0) | (5.0) | ||
Home visits a week | 7.7 | 3.2 | <0.001 |
(5.0) | (2.0) | ||
Nearest other PCP >10 km | 1.5 | 2.0 | NS |
Nearest ambulatory speciality care/clinic >10 km | 31.4 | 13.9 | <0.001 |
Nearest hospital >10 km | 31.8 | 25.4 | NS |
Regular face-to-face meeting with (>once/month) | |||
Other PCPs | 81.9 | 61.2 | <0.001 |
Hospital specialists | 71.8 | 21.2 | <0.001 |
Home care nurses | 66.3 | 26.6 | <0.001 |
Social workers | 18.4 | 3.1 | <0.001 |
Prevention activity involvement | |||
Routine antenatal care | 76.8 | 20.7 | <0.001 |
Immunization of children | 91.8 | 58.3 | <0.001 |
Paediatric surveillance < 4 years | 83.5 | 40.1 | <0.001 |
Blood pressure measure routinely | 77.2 | 79.9 | NS |
Blood cholesterol measure routinely | 13.7 | 36.7 | <0.001 |