Postponing a General Practitioner Visit: Describing Social Differences in Thirty-One European Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe social differences in postponing a general practitioner visit in 31 European countries and to explore whether primary care strength is associated with postponement rates.

Data sources

Between October 2011 and December 2013, the multicountry QUALICOPC study collected data on 61,931 patients and 7,183 general practitioners throughout Europe.

Study design

Access to primary care was measured by asking the patients whether they postponed a general practitioner visit in the past year. Social differences were described according to patients' self-rated household income, education, ethnicity, and gender.

Data collection/extraction methods

Data were analyzed using multivariable and multilevel binomial logistic regression analyses.

Principal find

SUBMITTER: Detollenaere J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5682122 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature