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. 2022 Sep 14;17(9):e0274334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274334

Table 2. Prevalence of conventional health care use in the past 12 months according to the telephone interviews from Swiss Health Survey 2012 and 2017.

2017 (N = 22,134a) 2012 (N = 21,597a) p-value
N (unweighted %) weighted % (95% CI) N (unweighted %) weighted % (95% CI)
General practitioner 15136 (71.5%) 70.7% (69.9–71.5) 14047 (67.5%) 66.6% (65.7–67.5) <0.001
Other medical specialists 9055 (42.8%) 43.1% (42.3–44.0) 7746 (37.2%) 36.5% (35.6–37.4) <0.001

N, number; CI, confidence interval

aRepresentative sample of the general population > 15 years old in Switzerland