Table 3 Relative frequency of services from the GP’s perspective
Total (n = 211) | Urban areas (n = 66) | Environs (n = 74) | Rural areas (n = 71) | p (C/R) | p (O/R) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blood tests | 14.9% | 14.3% | 13.8% | 16.6% | 0.081 | 0.033 |
Referral to specialist | 14.6% | 15.3% | 13.7% | 14.9% | 0.810 | 0.360 |
Continuous care for the chronically ill | 11.9% | 11.4% | 13.3% | 10.9% | 0.690 | 0.067 |
Urine analysis | 6.3% | 6.5% | 5.5% | 6.9% | 0.553 | 0.024 |
Lifestyle counselling, social counselling | 5.3% | 6.5% | 5.5% | 3.7% | 0.006 | 0.034 |
House calls (also: calls at nursing homes) | 4.7% | 3.7% | 4.7% | 5.6% | 0.020 | 0.303 |
Psychosomatic basic care | 4.0% | 5.3% | 3.6% | 3.1% | 0.001 | 0.300 |
Pain therapy | 3.7% | 3.1% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 0.148 | 0.403 |
Electrocardiogram (ECG) | 3.4% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 0.352 | 0.842 |
Disease management programme (DMP) | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 0.176 | 0.232 |
Vaccination | 2.8% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 0.560 | 0.642 |
Wound dressing/compression/tamponade | 2.7% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 0.002 | 0.657 |
Nutrition counselling | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 0.198 | 0.601 |
Sonography | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 0.803 | 0.843 |
Local injection/infiltration | 2.0% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 0.006 | 0.395 |
Check-up 35 | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 0.023 | 0.155 |
Pulmonary function test | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.437 | 0.063 |
Organisation of patient care/support | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.079 | 0.205 |
Scatoscopy | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.238 | 0.930 |
Physical therapy | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 0.177 | 0.792 |
Skin cancer screening | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.163 | 0.434 |
Social medical assessments | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.840 | 0.453 |
Alternative/natural medicine, acupuncture | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.673 | 0.081 |
Referral to hospital | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.442 | 0.407 |
Early detection of cancer (others) | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.889 | 0.175 |
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.461 | 0.241 |
Individual health services for direct payer | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.073 | 0.063 |
Cardiac stress test ECG | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.521 | 0.969 |
Palliative therapy | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.239 | 0.147 |
Paediatric services | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.528 | 0.752 |
Incision/drainage/flushing/aspiration | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.780 | 0.080 |
Minor surgery | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.162 | 0.200 |
Ambulatory ECG monitoring | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.677 | 0.167 |
Emergency call | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.071 | 0.448 |
Patient education (structured education) | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.05% | 0.082 | 0.038 |
Living will | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.639 | 0.114 |
Closure/fixation/sutures/prosthesis | 0.2% | 0.08% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.032 | 0.150 |
Instr. manipulation/catheter/intubation | 0.1% | 0.04% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.021 | 0.406 |