Table 4.
Least square means (LSM) of annual per capita consultation rates with primary care physicians across language regions, community types, and hospital regions
| Variable | Level | LSM | 95% confidence limits |
| Language region | Italian | 2.97 | 2.91–3.04 |
| Romansh | 2.09 | 1.99–2.19 | |
| Swiss German | 3.44 | 3.26–3.62 | |
| French | 3.08 | 2.74–3.43 | |
| Community type | Urban centres | 3.01 | 2.80–3.23 |
| Suburban | 2.98 | 2.85–3.10 | |
| High income | 2.78 | 2.58–2.98 | |
| Periurban | 2.85 | 2.73–2.97 | |
| Tourist | 2.90 | 2.76–3.05 | |
| Industrial-tertiary | 3.14 | 3.02–3.27 | |
| Rural-commuter | 2.87 | 2.76–2.99 | |
| Agricultural-mixed | 2.90 | 2.78–3.01 | |
| Agricultural rural | 2.63 | 2.50–2.77 | |
| Hospitala | Not present | 2.99 | 2.88–3.09 |
| Present | 2.81 | 2.69–2.93 | |
a Hospital providing ambulatory services in the same region.