Table 1.
Consultations, procedures, and patient data.
| Characteristic | Overall sample (n=17,345), n (%) | By year, n | ||||
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2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Number of consultations | 17,345 (100) | 1990 | 6325 | 6437 | 2593 | |
| Number of consultations by health care professional | ||||||
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Physician | 10,201 (58.8) | 1300 | 4393 | 3450 | 1058 |
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Nurse | 7144 (41.2) | 690 | 1932 | 2987 | 1535 |
| Total number of procedures, n (%) | 14,584 (84.1) | 589 | 730 | 1389 | 780 | |
| Procedures, n (%) | ||||||
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HbA1ca tests | 2461 (16.9) | 583 | 646 | 977 | 255 |
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HbA1c POCb tests | 1027 (7.0) | 6 | 84 | 412 | 525 |
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Blood pressure measurements | 11,096 (76.1) | 1580 | 4157 | 3898 | 1461 |
| Total number of patients, n (%) | 5202 (30.0) | 1757 | 3444 | 2833 | 1576 | |
| Number of patients with each disease, n (%) | ||||||
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DMc | 1403 (27.0) | 491 | 911 | 913 | 599 |
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Hypertension | 4936 (94.9) | 1654 | 3288 | 2674 | 1479 |
aHbA1c: glycated hemoglobin.
bPOC: point-of-care.
cDM: diabetes.