Table 2.
Contact characteristics
| Telephone consultations | Clinic consultations | Home visits | P-valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Number of patient contacts (n = 7213) | 1789 | (100) | 3183 | (100) | 2241 | (100) | |
| Overall satisfaction | |||||||
| Satisfied | 1379 | (77.0) | 2656 | (83.4) | 1916 | (85.5) | <0.001 |
| Dissatisfied | 152 | (8.5) | 192 | (6.0) | 98 | (4.3) | |
| Neutral | 214 | (12.0) | 301 | (9.5) | 140 | (6.3) | |
| Don’t know | 17 | (1.0) | 11 | (0.4) | 28 | (1.3) | |
| Missing data | 27 | (1.5) | 23 | (0.7) | 59 | (2.6) | |
| Organizational factor: | |||||||
| Patient-perceived waiting time | |||||||
| Acceptable waiting time | 1325 | (74.1) | 2279 | (71.8) | 1647 | (73.5) | <0.001 |
| Unacceptable waiting time | 174 | (9.7) | 459 | (14.4) | 258 | (11.5) | |
| Neutral | 231 | (12.9) | 387 | (12.2) | 252 | (11.2) | |
| Don’t know | 31 | (1.7) | 24 | (0.8) | 38 | (1.7) | |
| Missing data | 28 | (1.6) | 34 | (1.1) | 46 | (2.1) | |
| Patient-related factors: | |||||||
| Age groups (years) | |||||||
| 0–4 | 482 | (26.9) | 931 | (29.3) | 200 | (8.9) | <0.001 |
| 5–18 | 298 | (16.7) | 679 | (21.3) | 155 | (7.0) | |
| 19–50 | 568 | (31.8) | 947 | (30.0) | 405 | (18.1) | |
| 51–75 | 337 | (18.8) | 549 | (17.3) | 832 | (37.3) | |
| > 75 | 104 | (5.8) | 77 | (2.4) | 649 | (29.0) | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 825 | (46.1) | 1541 | (48.4) | 1124 | (50.2) | <0.001 |
| Female | 964 | (53.8) | 1642 | (51.6) | 1117 | (49.8) | |
| Patient’s residence | |||||||
| Rural area | 918 | (51.3) | 1569 | (49.3) | 1357 | (60.6) | <0.001 |
| Urban area | 824 | (46.1) | 1523 | (47.9) | 871 | (38.9) | |
| Unknownb | 47 | (2.6) | 91 | (2.9) | 13 | (0.6) | |
| Employment status | |||||||
| Self-supporting | 1287 | (71.9) | 2563 | (80.5) | 1140 | (50.9) | <0.001 |
| Pensioners and retirees | 171 | (9.6) | 244 | (7.7) | 682 | (30.4) | |
| Not self-supporting | 247 | (13.8) | 325 | (10.2) | 373 | (16.6) | |
| Missing data | 84 | (4.7) | 51 | (1.6) | 46 | (2.1) | |
| General self-perceived healthc | |||||||
| Excellent | 112 | (10.9) | 179 | (11.1) | 72 | (3.8) | <0.001 |
| Very good | 300 | (29.3) | 580 | (36.1) | 281 | (14.8) | |
| Good | 333 | (32.5) | 521 | (32.4) | 582 | (30.7) | |
| Poor | 186 | (18.2) | 244 | (15.2) | 626 | (33.0) | |
| Very poor | 66 | (6.4) | 50 | (3.1) | 252 | (13.3) | |
| Missing data | 28 | (2.7) | 34 | (2.1) | 84 | (4.4) | |
| Self-reported chronic disease | |||||||
| No chronic disease | 1292 | (72.2) | 2491 | (78.3) | 1049 | (46.8) | <0.001 |
| Chronic diseased | 497 | (27.8) | 692 | (21.7) | 1192 | (53.2) | |
| GP-related factors: | |||||||
| GP-assessed severity of contact | |||||||
| Potentially severe | 236 | (13.2) | 1209 | (38.0) | 1161 | (51.8) | <0.001 |
| Not severe | 1486 | (83.0) | 1937 | (60.9) | 1061 | (47.3) | |
| Don’t know | 67 | (3.8) | 37 | (1.2) | 17 | (0.8) | |
| Missing data | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (0.1) | |
aTested using a chi-square test
bPatients living outside the Central Denmark Region
cOnly patients aged >18 years
dSee Additional file 1