Primary care physicians' access to in-house ultrasound examinations across Europe: a questionnaire study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The overall objective of this study was to examine the differences in ultrasound availability in primary care across Europe.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Primary care.

Participants

Primary care physicians (PCPs).

Primary and secondary outcomes measures

The primary aim was to describe the variation in in-house primary care ultrasonography availability across Europe using descriptive statistics. The secondary aim was to explore associations between in-house ultrasonography availability and the characteristics of PCPs and their clinics using a mixed-effects logistic regression model.

Results

We collected data from 20 European countries. A total of 2086 PCPs participated, varying from 59 to 446 PCPs per country. The median response

SUBMITTER: Aakjær Andersen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6773286 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature