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 (%) |
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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