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) |
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% | 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 |