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. 2017 Sep 5;12(9):e0184032. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184032

Table 2. Proportion of primary care physicians delivering the twelve recommended measures of preventive care, stratified by country.

Characteristics Total
(n = 518)
Switzerland
(n = 355)
France
(n = 163)
% 95% CI % % 95% CI % % 95% CI % p-value
Blood pressure measurement (at least once per year) 98.5 97.4–99.5 98.0 96.6–99.5 99.4 98.2–100 0.4350
Weight measurement (at least once) 88.2 85.4–91.0 87.9 84.5–91.3 89.0 81.1–93.8 0.1449
Height measurement (at least once) 53.3 49.0–57.6 59.4 54.3–64.5 39.9 32.4–47.4 0.0001
Screening for dyslipidemia 75.7 72.0–79.4 77.7 73.4–82.1 71.2 64.2–78.1 0.1308
Screening for at-risk drinking (at least once) 60.0 55.8–64.3 66.2 61.3–71.1 46.6 39.0–54.3 <0.0001
Advice to decrease drinking for at-risk drinkers 66.6 62.5–70.7 67.3 62.4–72.2 65.0 57.7–72.4 0.6792
Screening for smoking (at least once) 95.0 93.1–96.9 96.3 94.4–98.3 92.0 87.9–96.2 0.0613
Advice to stop smoking for smokers 95.2 93.3–97.0 94.9 92.6–97.2 95.7 92.6–98.8 0.8714
Screening for colorectal cancer 83.0 79.8–86.2 85.1 81.4–88.8 78.5 72.2–84.8 0.0863
Screening for prostate cancer 76.8 73.2–80.5 83.7 79.8–87.5 62.0 54.5–69.4 <0.0001
Annual influenza vaccine for patients ≥ 65 years 89.6 86.9–92.2 89.6 86.4–92.8 89.6 84.9–94.3 0.8789
Annual influenza vaccine for at-risk patients < 65 years 37.3 33.1–41.4 35.5 30.5–40.5 41.1 33.6–48.7 0.2590