Use of medical facilities; 1981-2009

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Use of medical facilities; 1981-2009
All periods Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year % Persons with contact Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (%) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per person in 1 year Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (numbers) Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per patient in 1 year Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (numbers) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At GP's practice Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (%) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At patient's home Total at patient's home (%) Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At patient's home Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (%)
Standard error 0.9 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.5 0.9
1981 63.6 2.5 4.0 81.2 13.7 13.4
1982 65.5 2.5 3.8 80.4 15.4 14.5
1983 67.2 2.6 3.8 72.9 14.6 17.9
1984 67.9 2.5 3.7 79.4 16.3 12.5
1985 66.7 3.0 4.5 80.8 13.9 12.4
1986 68.8 2.7 3.9 81.4 14.6 13.0
1987 67.4 3.2 4.7 82.0 11.6 12.7
1988 67.9 2.8 4.1 79.2 13.2 12.1
1989 70.1 2.7 3.8 82.7 11.5 11.1
1990 72.7 3.2 4.4 76.3 12.0 12.2
1991 71.7 3.0 4.2 75.0 11.9 13.4
1992 71.5 3.3 4.6 83.1 9.3 8.1
1993 72.6 2.8 3.9 79.0 10.6 9.4
1994 73.1 3.0 4.1 80.8 9.5 9.2
1995 72.9 3.4 4.7 82.4 8.3 7.1
1996 73.4 3.2 4.3 81.2 8.8 7.5
1997 71.4 3.2 4.5 80.5 6.4 4.7
1998 72.4 3.2 4.6 81.6 6.1 6.6
1999 72.1 3.2 4.4 81.8 4.9 4.7
2000 71.6 3.4 4.7 79.1 5.2 4.2
2001 72.5 3.1 4.3 79.7 4.7 5.2
2002 71.8 3.2 4.4 84.4 3.4 2.5
2003 70.8 3.0 4.3 80.7 3.9 3.8
2004 69.7 3.0 4.2 81.3 3.7 2.9
2005 69.8 2.8 4.0 83.9 4.0 3.7
2006 . . . . 4.0 .
2007 . . . . 3.3 .
2008 . . . . 3.3 .
2009 . . . . 4.2 .
Source: CBS.
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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
Type of insurance
Private health insurance
Other type of insurance
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 .
Type of insurance
Private health insurance
Other type of insurance
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 .
Type of insurance
Private health insurance
Other type of insurance
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
Type of insurance
Private health insurance
Other type of insurance
At patient's home
Total at patient's home
Type of insurance
Private health insurance
Other type of insurance