Table 1.
Characteristics of the datasets used for analyses
| Age (%) | Self-rated health (%) | Education (%) | Gender (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient group | N units | N patients | Response | Global rating (M) | SD | <45 | 45 / 64 | > = 65 | Poor / fair | Good / excellent | Low | Medium | High | Male |
| Ambulance (2013) | 132 | 1632 | 30% | 9.00 | 1.13 | 14.58 | 35.78 | 49.63 | 38.79 | 61.21 | 31.99 | 44.85 | 23.16 | 49.08 |
| Asthma (2008) | 385 | 45% | 7.00 | 1.78 | 36.94 | 39.58 | 23.48 | 40.36 | 59.64 | 38.83 | 42.55 | 18.62 | 40.27 | |
| Audiology care (2013) | 1669 | 33% | 8.19 | 1.23 | 37.89 | 34.53 | 27.58 | 13.80 | 86.20 | 17.68 | 48.04 | 34.28 | 36.19 | |
| Benign breast abnormality (2008) | 918 | 64% | 7.77 | 1.22 | 32.50 | 52.34 | 15.16 | 14.05 | 85.95 | 33.18 | 48.22 | 18.60 | 0.00 | |
| COPD (2009) | 271 | 55% | 7.67 | 1.59 | 6.77 | 43.61 | 49.62 | 60.69 | 39.31 | 56.49 | 33.59 | 9.92 | 49.62 | |
| Cancer care (2013) | 712 | 50% | 8.15 | 1.27 | 5.77 | 40.42 | 53.80 | 28.51 | 71.49 | 32.70 | 46.66 | 20.64 | 46.33 | |
| Cataract surgery (2010) | 648 | 18,558 | 72%a | 8.88 | 1.14 | 0.66 | 17.14 | 82.21 | 20.19 | 79.81 | 48.00 | 37.78 | 14.22 | 43.17 |
| Cerebrovasculair accident (2011) | 778 | 41% | 8.13 | 1.49 | 4.82 | 32.07 | 63.10 | 46.27 | 53.73 | 47.43 | 38.34 | 14.23 | 49.35 | |
| Chronic Skin Disease (2013) | 82 | 1109 | 29% | 7.99 | 1.37 | 19.15 | 32.25 | 48.60 | 28.49 | 71.51 | 35.85 | 47.26 | 16.89 | 41.61 |
| Chronic pain (2013) | 820 | 40% | 7.74 | 1.58 | 17.22 | 59.16 | 23.62 | 65.88 | 34.12 | 13.52 | 50.99 | 35.48 | 27.45 | |
| Diabetes (2009) | 186 | 4242 | 72%a | 8.36 | 1.57 | 3.14 | 36.68 | 60.18 | 38.99 | 61.01 | 61.15 | 33.45 | 5.40 | 45.12 |
| Emergency department (2013) | 268 | 4601 | 41% | 7.82 | 1.63 | 28.62 | 38.17 | 33.21 | 33.45 | 66.55 | 26.04 | 47.91 | 26.04 | 48.71 |
| Pharmacie (2009) | 77 | 2845 | 46% | 8.32 | 1.34 | 22.54 | 38.13 | 39.32 | 42.90 | 57.10 | 42.46 | 44.93 | 12.61 | 35.66 |
| General Practice (2008) | 216 | 5330 | 48% | 8.15 | 1.28 | 38.27 | 37.91 | 23.82 | 24.24 | 75.76 | 30.84 | 40.66 | 28.50 | 36.98 |
| Heart failure (2010) | 312 | 61% | 7.99 | 1.42 | 4.25 | 23.20 | 72.55 | 57.67 | 42.33 | 52.01 | 38.93 | 9.06 | 61.74 | |
| Hip- or knee surgery (2010) | 293 | 6195 | 75%a | 8.51 | 1.26 | 6.27 | 61.73 | 32.00 | 20.45 | 79.55 | 51.01 | 38.14 | 10.85 | 33.93 |
| Home care, cleaning (2012) | 434 | 26,594 | 70%a | 8.37 | 1.42 | 2.44 | 12.08 | 85.49 | 74.11 | 25.89 | 59.04 | 34.47 | 6.50 | 21.12 |
| Home care, nurses (2010) | 237 | 4883 | 52%a | 8.15 | 1.30 | 1.04 | 6.94 | 92.01 | 63.02 | 36.98 | 62.00 | 30.59 | 7.41 | 25.89 |
| Hospital care (2009) | 348 | 21,529 | 55% | 7.97 | 1.45 | 22.14 | 31.77 | 46.09 | 41.45 | 58.55 | 47.99 | 40.90 | 11.11 | 42.55 |
| Malignant breast abnormality (2008) | 1111 | 68% | 8.19 | 1.35 | 12.10 | 50.32 | 37.58 | 24.59 | 75.41 | 39.85 | 45.68 | 14.47 | 0.00 | |
| Maternal care (2010) | 119 | 1826 | 52% | 8.53 | 1.55 | 99.84 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 3.89 | 96.11 | 5.81 | 44.52 | 49.67 | 0.00 |
| Maternity centre (2009) | 229 | 1947 | 32% | 7.61 | 1.10 | 98.82 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 3.24 | 96.76 | 5.88 | 54.07 | 40.05 | 7.07 |
| Mental health ambulatory care (2010) | 149 | 1404 | – | 7.60 | 1.65 | 55.77 | 38.32 | 5.91 | 33.26 | 66.74 | 22.58 | 50.14 | 27.28 | 39.67 |
| Muscle disease hospital (2012) | 331 | 57% | 7.56 | 1.70 | 18.43 | 48.64 | 32.93 | 50.93 | 49.07 | 17.33 | 52.28 | 30.40 | 47.43 | |
| Nursing home care (2010) | 83 | 13,173 | 98%a,b | 7.81 | 1.19 | 0.25 | 2.92 | 96.83 | 55.21 | 44.79 | 72.24 | 22.90 | 4.86 | 73.57 |
| Physiotherapy (2009) | 195 | 1635 | 29% | 8.41 | 1.07 | 33.76 | 46.06 | 20.18 | 34.07 | 65.93 | 20.61 | 48.62 | 30.76 | 38.09 |
| Rehabilitation care (2010) | 112 | 1942 | 45% | 8.22 | 1.40 | 12.98 | 40.01 | 47.01 | 37.69 | 62.31 | 26.42 | 49.02 | 24.56 | 51.68 |
| Repres. nursing home patients (2010) | 102 | 9410 | 77%a | 7.56 | 1.32 | 6.20 | 67.39 | 26.40 | 10.86 | 89.14 | 19.13 | 50.15 | 30.71 | 34.90 |
| Repres. of young handicapped (2007)* | 258 | 5283 | – | 7.87 | 1.19 | 65.26 | 33.90 | 0.84 | – | – | 15.13 | 56.31 | 28.56 | 20.91 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis (2007) | 352 | 60% | 7.85 | 1.47 | 9.43 | 46.86 | 43.71 | 54.62 | 45.38 | 47.81 | 42.86 | 9.33 | 26.50 | |
| Spinal disc herniation (2009) | 96 | 1452 | 47%a | 7.13 | 1.81 | 30.92 | 51.58 | 17.49 | 34.23 | 65.77 | 32.78 | 47.87 | 19.35 | 50.90 |
| Varicose veins (2009) | 150 | 2329 | 67% | 8.05 | 1.35 | 28.65 | 55.19 | 16.16 | 13.66 | 86.34 | 29.97 | 51.41 | 18.62 | 17.78 |
*Self-rated health was not available in this dataset
aThe data collection was fragmented across various organizations and did not provide a response percentage. The response percentage shown is based on an earlier data collection in the same setting
bData were collected through interviews in nursing homes