Health and health care; personal characteristics

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Medical contacts

Persons are asked if they had contact with their GP, specialist, dentist, dental hygienist, orthodontist, physiotherapist, exercise therapist, psychologist, psychotherapist or psychiatrist, and if he or she is treated by alternative healer. Also, if there were hospital admissions or day care admissions. For children up to 12 years old, these questions are answered by the parent/guardian. Most questions after medical contacts are asked to persons of all ages. Contacts that do not often occur in the case of children are posed from an older age.

Contact with medical specialist

From 2021 onwards, the introductory text for the question for a specialist has been changed to: 'Now something about contacts with specialists. This includes contacts with specialists at the outpatient clinic, in a hospital department, in the emergency department, in a practice outside the hospital or in a private clinic. Also consider telephone consultations, video calls, contacts via email or other e-consultations. Contacts with specialists during a hospital or day admission should not be included here.)'
Until 2021, the text was: 'Contacts with the specialist can take place at the outpatient clinic, in a hospital department, in the emergency room, in a practice outside the hospital or in a private clinic. Contacts with specialists during a hospital or day admission do not count.'

Persons with at least 1 contact

Percentage of persons in the population who contacted a GP at least once in the 12 months preceding the interview.

Contacts per person

This figure is the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, per person in the population.
In order to prevent distortion as a consequence of bad memory respondents are asked after the number of contacts in the last 4 weeks preceding the interview. In order to calculate the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, the number of contacts in 4 weeks is multiplied by 13 (13 periods of 4 weeks make 1 year).

Contacts p.p. with at least 1 contact

This figure is the average number of contacts of persons who in the 12 months preceding the interview at least had contact once.
In order to prevent distortion as a consequence of bad memory respondents are asked after the number of contacts in the last 4 weeks preceding the interview. In order to calculate the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, the number of contacts in 4 weeks is multiplied by 13 (13 periods of 4 weeks make 1 year).