Table IV.

Association between low or high annual consultation rates in the list populations¹ and the Usual Provider Continuity Index (UPC) offered in the GP lists (Poisson regression models) adjusted for socio-demographic factors² as proxy for need for health services.

	Model 1: Lowest consultation rates in list populations3		Model 2: Highest consultation rate in list populations4
	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
UPC in GP list:
Lowest (UPC < 0.68)	Ref		Ref
Medium low (UPC 0.68–0.80)	0.72**	0.61–0.84	1.05	0.88–1.25
Medium high (UPC 0.80–0.88)	0.73**	0.63–0.86	1.01	0.83–1.21
Highest (UPC > 0.88)	0.64**	0.53–0.76	1.26*	1.06–1.51
	p-trend < 0.001		p-trend 0.016

Notes: ¹Average number of consultations per person within a list population in 2009 including consultations with usual GP and all other GPs. ²Adjusted for proportion of patients ≥ 60 years, proportion of male patients, proportion of population 25–60 years of age with ≥ 12 years of education and number of residents in the municipality. ³Outcome: Being in the quartile of list populations with the lowest consultation rate per person (annual consultation rates < 2.16). ⁴Outcome: Being in the quartile of list populations with the highest consultation rate per person (annual consultation rates > 2.82).

*p < 0.01 **p < 0.0013.