Use of medical facilities; 1981-2009

Use of medical facilities; 1981-2009

All periods Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year % Persons with contact Age 0-19 yrs (%) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year % Persons with contact Age 20-44 yrs (%) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year % Persons with contact Age 45-64 yrs (%) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year % Persons with contact Age 65 yrs or older (%) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per person in 1 year Age 0-19 yrs (numbers) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per person in 1 year Age 20-44 yrs (numbers) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per person in 1 year Age 45-64 yrs (numbers) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per person in 1 year Age 65 yrs or older (numbers) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per patient in 1 year Age 0-19 yrs (numbers) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per patient in 1 year Age 20-44 yrs (numbers) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per patient in 1 year Age 45-64 yrs (numbers) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per patient in 1 year Age 65 yrs or older (numbers) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At GP's practice Age 0-19 yrs (%) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At GP's practice Age 20-44 yrs (%) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At GP's practice Age 45-64 yrs (%) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At GP's practice Age 65 yrs or older (%) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At patient's home Age 0-19 yrs (%) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At patient's home Age 20-44 yrs (%) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At patient's home Age 45-64 yrs (%) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At patient's home Age 65 yrs or older (%)
Standard error 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.6
1981 58.8 72.0 74.2 80.4 2.6 3.5 4.5 5.3 4.4 4.8 6.1 6.6 78.1 87.2 84.8 61.0 14.6 6.7 9.4 33.4
1982 60.4 73.2 74.6 80.5 2.4 3.5 3.9 5.0 4.0 4.8 5.3 6.2 79.3 85.6 83.9 57.8 14.8 7.2 11.6 37.5
1983 63.0 73.8 73.7 80.6 2.7 3.5 3.7 4.5 4.2 4.8 5.0 5.6 79.2 85.5 79.5 61.3 13.4 7.0 14.0 33.4
1984 62.9 73.4 73.9 80.9 2.5 3.5 4.1 5.4 3.9 4.7 5.6 6.6 77.1 85.4 81.1 57.1 15.7 6.9 13.0 39.4
1985 63.9 74.0 73.4 81.1 2.8 3.5 4.3 4.7 4.3 4.7 5.8 5.8 80.6 84.7 80.5 64.5 12.5 7.3 12.8 31.4
1986 63.2 75.9 74.3 83.1 2.3 3.5 3.8 5.8 3.7 4.6 5.0 6.9 81.8 86.2 84.6 58.5 13.2 7.0 10.4 36.1
1987 63.9 73.3 74.9 79.9 2.9 3.7 4.3 4.9 4.5 5.0 5.8 6.2 84.8 87.2 85.0 64.9 9.0 6.0 9.8 30.5
1988 64.1 74.3 74.4 80.8 2.6 3.5 3.8 5.5 4.1 4.7 5.1 6.8 81.4 85.8 82.0 60.4 10.3 5.4 10.3 34.6
1989 66.3 73.9 75.3 83.3 2.9 3.3 3.7 5.6 4.4 4.5 4.9 6.7 76.0 88.6 85.0 66.9 12.1 4.5 8.2 27.9
1990 67.9 75.6 77.0 87.3 2.5 3.4 4.6 5.9 3.7 4.5 6.0 6.7 79.4 84.6 86.4 61.5 10.5 4.7 7.4 32.5
1991 67.7 76.1 76.9 86.6 3.1 3.4 4.3 5.8 4.6 4.5 5.6 6.7 80.7 85.4 81.9 60.1 10.7 3.5 9.0 32.8
1992 68.8 75.3 76.7 86.5 3.3 3.9 4.1 5.5 4.8 5.1 5.3 6.4 85.1 85.0 84.9 66.0 6.6 3.4 6.6 26.8
1993 69.1 76.1 76.4 85.1 2.8 3.6 4.3 6.0 4.1 4.7 5.7 7.1 81.2 81.6 82.7 65.5 8.9 4.3 7.8 27.2
1994 68.2 76.1 79.1 87.0 3.2 3.5 4.0 5.7 4.6 4.5 5.0 6.5 86.6 83.5 85.2 65.3 6.0 4.1 5.5 27.5
1995 69.1 74.2 76.7 86.7 2.9 3.4 4.1 6.0 4.1 4.6 5.3 6.9 85.4 86.5 85.3 69.5 7.1 3.2 4.8 22.2
1996 68.1 74.3 77.6 86.3 2.8 3.2 3.9 6.0 4.2 4.3 5.0 6.9 85.7 82.7 84.2 66.0 6.3 3.1 5.9 24.1
1997 70.5 73.6 78.4 85.8 3.0 4.1 4.1 6.5 4.3 5.6 5.3 7.5 83.5 82.7 83.7 73.0 3.0 3.2 4.8 19.0
1998 71.2 73.8 77.8 85.6 2.9 3.8 4.3 5.9 4.0 5.2 5.7 6.9 84.3 83.5 84.8 70.6 3.6 1.9 2.9 22.7
1999 70.8 73.4 77.9 86.4 2.9 3.8 4.6 6.1 4.2 5.2 6.0 7.1 85.5 82.4 84.1 78.7 2.5 2.5 4.8 12.2
2000 68.8 74.6 77.0 88.7 2.9 3.8 4.7 6.5 4.2 5.0 6.1 7.3 82.9 81.6 85.9 75.2 2.7 2.6 3.2 15.1
2001 70.3 74.7 77.4 88.7 2.7 4.0 4.2 6.1 3.8 5.3 5.4 6.9 84.8 82.8 85.0 75.6 1.2 2.4 2.6 15.6
2002 69.4 74.5 75.3 85.7 3.0 3.8 3.9 5.1 4.4 5.1 5.2 5.9 88.1 83.0 85.2 82.3 0.4 1.6 3.3 9.7
2003 68.7 73.7 74.6 86.7 2.6 3.9 4.1 6.2 3.8 5.2 5.4 7.2 85.7 82.4 85.8 75.3 1.5 0.8 2.1 13.7
2004 66.1 72.3 75.1 85.6 2.5 3.4 3.7 5.5 3.7 4.7 5.0 6.4 87.4 84.0 85.3 79.6 1.4 1.2 2.0 12.4
2005 67.0 70.3 76.2 85.5 2.6 3.2 4.3 5.2 3.9 4.6 5.6 6.1 87.8 84.8 86.9 79.1 0.4 1.4 2.3 13.9
2006 66.5 70.4 74.4 85.8 2.6 3.1 4.3 5.4 4.0 4.4 5.8 6.3 88.9 85.2 87.2 77.8 0.9 1.4 1.9 14.2
2007 65.6 69.6 74.2 84.9 2.9 3.5 4.4 5.3 4.4 5.0 5.9 6.2 82.9 81.1 87.3 80.5 0.6 1.0 2.2 10.9
2008 68.2 70.3 75.2 85.8 3.1 3.6 4.7 5.3 4.6 5.2 6.2 6.5 84.9 83.3 87.6 78.9 0.5 0.9 1.2 13.2
2009 68.0 72.0 75.7 84.5 2.7 3.2 4.6 5.4 4.0 4.5 6.0 6.4 85.9 82.3 84.9 77.1 0.6 0.9 2.7 14.1
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains information on the use of medical facilities, visits to the GP, medical specialist, dentist, physiotherapist, alternative healers, hospital admissions, medicines, contraceptive pill and health centers.

Data available from:1981

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final

Changes as of 22 March 2018:
None, this table has been discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table has been discontinued. Figures from 2010 onwards can be found in other tables, see paragraph 3.

Description topics

Contacts with the GP
Includes all contacts with the GP, i.e. visits to the GP and consultations
by telephone in the 12 months prior to the interview.
Contacts with the GP in 1 year
% Persons with contact
Age
0-19 yrs
20-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs or older
Number of contacts per person in 1 year
The average number of GP contacts calculated for all persons in the Dutch
population. Failing recollection is compensated by multiplying the number
of contacts during the fortnight preceding the interview by 26 to
calculate the number of annual contacts .
Age
0-19 yrs
20-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs or older
Number of contacts per patient in 1 year
The average number of GP contacts calculated for all persons in the Dutch
population. Failing recollection is compensated by multiplying the number
of contacts during the fortnight preceding the interview by 26 to
calculate the number of annual contacts .
Age
0-19 yrs
20-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs or older
Manner of contact with the GP
In this category the various ways in which the contact with the GP was
established are distinguished, i.e. house call, contact by telephone or
otherwise.
The unit is one contact with the GP.
At GP's practice
Age
0-19 yrs
20-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs or older
At patient's home
Age
0-19 yrs
20-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs or older