Table 2.
Comparison of responses for 580 children for whom there were questionnaires from both general practitioner and family
| General practitioner | Family | |||
| n = 580 (%) | n = 580 (%) | |||
| Visit/s to general practitioner | ||||
| Since birth | 569 | (98) | ||
| In 6 months preceding questionnaire | 295 | (51) | ||
| Medication prescribed by general practitioner* | 196 | (34) | 154 | (27) |
| Admission to hospital | 168 | (30) | 221 | (38) |
| Reasons: | ||||
| Respiratory infection | 54 | 56 | ||
| Minor surgery | 35 | 38 | ||
| Gastro-enteritis | 33 | 24 | ||
| Other | 46 | 103 | ||
| Number of admissions to hospital/year | ||||
| Assessed at ≤ 24 months** | ||||
| Median {IQR} | 0.7 {0.6–1.2} | 0.5 {0.5–1.0} | ||
| Range | 1–3 | 1–3 | ||
| Assessed at > 24 months*** | ||||
| Median {IQR} | 0.4 {0.4–0.8} | 0.4 {0.3–0.6} | ||
| Range | 1–4 | 1–4 | ||
| not known number of times admitted | 28 | 2 | ||
*medications (vitamin/mineral supplement, skin treatment, asthma treatment, gastro-intestinal/laxative, antibiotics)
** general practitioner n = 328, children n = 253
*** general practitioner n = 252, children n = 327