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Table 1 Comparison of characteristics between respondents and non-respondents

From: Preschool children in out-of-hours primary care – a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study of factors related to the medical relevance of health problems

  

Respondents (n=) (%)

Non-respondents (n=) (%)

P-value

Age

0–2 years

1216 (69.6)

829 (70.5)

0.568

3–5 years

532 (30.4)

346 (29.5)

 

Type of contact

Telephone consultation

522 (29.9)

357 (30.4)

0.764

Face-to-face consultation

1.226 (70.1)

818 (69.6)

 

Symptom duration

<5 h

439 (25.1)

278 (23.7)

0.069

5–12 h

396 (22.7)

271 (23.1)

 

12–24 h

376 (21.5)

233 (19.8)

 

>24 h

517 (29.6)

365 (31.1)

 

Missing

20 (1.1)

28 (2.4)

 

Geographical location

Urban

727 (41.6)

524 (44.6)

0.220

Rural (<5000 inhab. Per zip code)

923 52.8)

582 (49.5)

 

Missing

98 (5.6)

69 (5.9)

 

More appropriate for the daytime GP according to the OOH-PC GP

No

1.309 (74.9)

803 (68.3)

<0.001

Yes

317 (18.1)

284 (24.1)

 

Don’t know

122 (7.0)

88 (7.5)