Table 1.

Characteristics of patients and doctors in the new contact group and in the follow-up group, % (n).

	New contacts (n = 350)	Follow-up (n = 263)
Patients
Age in years, mean (SD)	65.2 (15.3)	57.2 (20.7)
Males	41.7 (145)	49.8 (130)
Higher education >18 years	29.7 (104)	27.4 (72)
Consultation frequency >4/year	45.4 (159)	66.7 (176)
Number of complaints
1	79.4 (278)	81.4 (214)
2	18.6 (65)	14.8 (39)
3	2.0 (7)	3.8 (10)
Referrals	18.0 (63)	17.2 (45)
Doctors
Age in years, mean (SD)	50.9 (7.5)	51.3 (6.4)
Males	86.5 (283)	96.1 (248)