Table 1.
Size and direction of utilization of specialists* by type and source of referral in incident and control group in the incidence quarter
| Referred to neuropsychiatry (1) | Referred to radiology (2) | Referred to laboratory medicine (3) | Referred to other disciplines (4) | Referred to all disciplines together* (5) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row no. | Type of referral | incident cases | controls | incident cases | controls | incident cases | controls | incident cases | controls | incident cases | controls |
| 1 | Number of referrals by all disciplines (rows 2 - 7) | 528 | 356 | 281 | 567 | 354 | 1145 | 896 | 3760 | 2059 | 5828 |
| 2 | Number (and %) of referrals by PCP | 502 (95.1) | 308 (86.5) | 109 (38.8) | 342 (60.3) | 234 (66.1) | 733 (64.0) | 767 (85.6) | 3253 (86.5) | 1612 (78.3) | 4636 (79.6) |
| 3 | Number (and %) of referrals by NP | 8 (1.5) | 5 (1.8) | 136 (48.4) | 35 (6.2) | 29 (8.2) | 8 (0.7) | 13 (1.5) | 15 (0.4) | 186 (9.0) | 63 (1.1) |
| 4 | Number (and %) of referrals by outpatient units | 0 | 0 | 5 (1.8) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.6) | 9 (0.8) | 3 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) | 10 (0.5) | 13 (0.2) |
| 5 | Number (and %) of referrals by radiology | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 5 (0.9) | 5 (1.4) | 6 (0.5) | 2 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) | 8 (0.4) | 17 (0.3) |
| 6 | Number (and %) of referrals by laboratory medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (2.8) | 37 (3.2) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 11 (0.5) | 38 (0.6) |
| 7 | Number (and %) of referrals by other disciplines | 18 (3.4) | 43 (12.1) | 30 (10.7) | 183 (24.3) | 74 (20.9) | 352 (30.7) | 110 (12.3) | 483 (12.9) | 233 (11.3) | 1061 (18.2) |
| 8 | Number of self-referrals | 105 | 76 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 306 | 1068 | 423 | 1184 |
| 9 | Total number of utilizations (rows 1 + 8) | 633 | 432 | 287 | 582 | 360 | 1170 | 1202 | 4828 | 2482 | 7012 |
| 10 | Self-referrals in % of all utilizations (8 in % of 9) | 16.6 | 17.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 31.5 | 25.5 | 17.0 | 16.9 |
* without referrals to specialized internists; PCP = primary care physician, NP = neuropsychiatrist
Reading example: 528 referrals by a physician and 105 self-referrals to neuropsychiatry were found in the incidence quarter; 502 referrals of 528 were done by a primary care physician (95.1%).
The number of referrals is 3% higher than the number of referred persons (see methods chapter)