Skip to main content

Table 3 Outcome of PC+ consultation for the total group and the random sample

From: Substitution of hospital care with Primary Care Plus: differences in referral patterns according to specialty, specialist and diagnosis group

 

Total group (n = 4536)

Random samples (n = 472)

P-value

Mean age ± SD

52.7

±19.6

51.8

±18.8

0.314

Gender

Female

2714

(59.8%)

297

(62.9%)

 
 

Male

1822

(40.2%)

175

(37.1%)

0.368

 

Back to GP

Referral to SC

Back to GP

Referral to SC

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Total*

3132

(69.0)

1275

(28.1)

310

(65.7)

162

(34.3)

 

GYN

53

(91.4)

5

(8.6)

18

(90.0)

2

(10.0)

 

INT

136

(84.0)

26

(16.0)

17

(85.0)

3

(15.0)

 

ENT

687

(78.8)

180

(20.6)

67

(77.0)

20

(23.0)

 

DER

1083

(73.6)

305

(20.7)

100

(68.0)

46

(31.3)

 

OPT

365

(64.0)

202

(35.4)

37

(64.9)

21

(35.1)

 

NEU

174

(63.0)

91

(33.0)

17

(60.7)

11

(39.3)

 

REU

182

(59.5)

107

(35.0)

16

(51.6)

15

(48.4)

 

ORT

451

(55.0)

359

(43.8)

38

(46.3)

44

(53.7)

 
  1. *Total represents all patients that were seen in PC+ of which referral information after consultation was known. For 2.9% the outcome after PC+ consultation was unknown, which explains why percentages in the left column do not add up to 100%