Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

	Telephone advice	Consultation at the GP cooperative	Home visit
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Response	366/908 (40.3)	392/912 (43.0)	402/903 (44.5)
Age
0 – 20 years	127 (35.5)	146 (39.0)	9 (2.3)
21 – 40 years	96 (26.8)	81 (21.7)	26 (6.6)
41 – 60 years	67 (18.7)	82 (21.9)	93 (23.8)
> 60 years	68 (19.0)	65 (17.4)	263 (67.3)
Total	358 (100)	374 (100)	391 (100)
Gender
Male	148 (42.3)	159 (48.5)	177 (46.0)
Female	202 (57.7)	169 (51.5)	208 (54.0)
Total	350 (100)	328 (100)	385 (100)
Level of education
Low	92 (27.2)	91 (25.0)	161 (46.4)
Middle	164 (48.5)	188 (51.6)	131 (37.8)
High	82 (24.3)	85 (23.4)	55 (15.8)
Total	338 (100)	364 (100)	347 (100)
Health insurance
Public	268 (74.4)	283 (73.5)	314 (80.5)
Private	92 (25.6)	102 (26.5)	76 (19.5)
Total	360 (100)	385 (100)	390 (100)