Table I.

Number of consultations with regular GPs in 2009, GP consultation rates, and the proportion of consultations with the usual (chosen) GP, measured by the Usual Provider Continuity Index (UPC) related to groups of patients, groups of GPs, and their list characteristics.¹

	Number of persons with ≥ 1 consultation with a regular GP (% of population groups)	Consultation rates (annual number of consultations per person in population groups2)	UPC (SD) and p-values3
Patient characteristics:
All	2 520 910 (67.7)	2.52	0.78 (0.35)
Gender:
Female	1 371 543 (73.9)	2.94	0.79 (0.35)
Male	1 149 367 (61.5)	2.10	0.77 (0.36)
			p < 0.001
Age (years):
0–14	371 013 (55.9)	1.26	0.68 (0.41)
15–24	414 609 (59.1)	1.59	0.69 (0.40)
25–59	1 069 077 (68.1)	2.57	0.79 (0.34)
60–	666 211 (81.2)	3.95	0.86 (0.27)
			p-trend < 0.001
Consultations:
1–2	1 265 197 (34.0)	1.41	0.75 (0.40)
3–5	758 776 (20.4)	3.77	0.79 (0.30)
6–10	360 970 (9.7)	7.44	0.82 (0.25)
11–	135 967 (3.7)	15.10	0.83 (0.23)
			p-trend < 0.001
Characteristics of the usual GP
Gender:
Female	724 665 (68.0)	2.42	0.75 (0.36)
Male	1 796 245 (67.5)	2.45	0.79 (0.34)
			p < 0.001
Age (years):
< 40	398 663 (66.7)	2.50	0.72 (0.37)
40–49	653 840 (67.3)	2.50	0.77 (0.35)
50–59	1 042 053 (68.3)	2.52	0.80 (0.34)
60+	426 354 (67.6)	2.54	0.79 (0.34)
			p-trend < 0.001
Specialist in general practice:
No	660 914 (65.6)	2.44	0.75 (0.37)
Yes	1 859 996 (68.4)	2.54	0.79 (0.34)
			p < 0.001
List characteristics of the usual GP
List size:
< 1000	405 827 (67.3)	2.55	0.69 (0.39)
1000–1249	639 893 (68.0)	2.55	0.75 (0.36)
1250–1499	757 946 (67.7)	2.48	0.80 (0.33)
1500–1749	380 165 (68.0)	2.52	0.82 (0.32)
1750+	337 079 (67.0)	2.49	0.83 (0.31)
			p-trend < 0.001
Practice organization:
Solo practice	332 759 (66.4)	2.61	0.83 (0.32)
Group practice	2 188 151 (67.9)	2.50	0.77 (0.35)
			p < 0.001
Residents in practice municipality:
< 10 000	555 139 (67.9)	2.59	0.68 (0.39)
10 000–20 000	406 603 (68.8)	2.60	0.79 (0.34)
20 000–50 000	618 553 (68.3)	2.49	0.81 (0.32)
> 50 000	940 615 (66.6)	2.46	0.81 (0.33)
			p-trend < 0.001

Notes: ¹n = 3220 GPs with list size ≥ 500, in practice at least 10 months in 2009. ²Estimated for the total population having the same usual GP (n = 3 725 998 persons with 9 374 348 consultations in 2009). ³One-way analyses of variance, or trend analyses if more than two categories.