Table 2. 'In case of the following health problems, to what extent will patients in your practice population contact you as the first doctor?' Responses from GPs (n = 198) who participated in the Norwegian part of the Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (QUALICOPC) study, 2012–2013. Results given as valid percentages and ORs with 95% CIs, indicating the probability for the answer Always/Usually, with Occasionally/Never as reference by sex, age, list size, and practice location

Patient cases(age, years)	n^a	%(95% CI)	GP sex(reference: female)	GP age(reference: 36–59)		List size(reference: 901–1300)		Location of practice(reference: rural)
			Male	≤35	≥60	≤900	>1300	Urban
Child severe cough^b	194	98.5 (96.4 to 100.0)	—ⁱ	—ⁱ	0.1 (0.0 to 0.8)^j	0.3 (0.0 to 5.4)	0.5 (0.0 to 12.1)	0.8 (0.1 to 14.9)
Man (24) Stomach pain^c	189	96.9 (94.4 to 99.0)	0.9 (0.1 to 5.1)	—ⁱ	0.7 (0.1 to 7.0)	0.8 (0.1 to 5.6)	1.2 (0.1 to 13.2)	2.2 (0.4 to 13.2)
Woman (60) Deteriorated vision^c	175	89.7 (85.6 to 93.8)	1.5 (0.6 to 3.9)	1.1 (0.3 to 4.1)	0.9 (0.2 to 4.6)	0.9 (0.3 to 3.1)	0.6 (0.2 to 1.9)	0.9 (0.3 to 2.8)
Man (35) Sprained ankle^d	146	75.3 (69.1 to 81.4)	0.9 (0.4 to 1.7)	0.8 (0.3 to 2.0)	1.1 (0.3 to 3.6)	0.6 (0.3 to 1.5)	0.9 (0.4 to 2.1)	0.3 (0.1 to 0.9)^j
Woman (60) Polyuria^c	187	95.9 (92.8 to 98.5)	0.9 (0.2 to 4.2)	0.5 (0.1 to 3.1)	0.6 (0.1 to 5.8)	0.9 (0.1 to 5.7)	1.1 (0.2 to 6.3)	0.3 (0.0 to 2.9)
Woman (60) Acute paresis^c	138	70.8 (64.1 to 76.9)	0.7 (0.3 to 1.3)	1.2 (0.5 to 3.2)	0.9 (0.3 to 2.7)	1.8 (0.8 to 4.4)	2.9 (1.2 to 7.0)^j	0.2 (0.1 to 0.5)^k
Man (70) Joint pain^e	188	97.4 (94.8 to 99.5)	0.5 (0.1 to 5.1)	0.7 (0.1 to 7.4)	0.4 (0.0 to 4.0)	0.3 (0.0 to 3.9)	0.2 (0.0 to 2.6)	1.8 (0.2 to 16.1)
Woman (75) Memory problems^d	180	92.8 (88.7 to 96.4)	0.7 (0.2 to 2.4)	0.3 (0.1 to 1.3)	0.3 (0.1 to 1.3)	1.0 (0.3 to 4.1)	1.1 (0.3 to 5.0)	0.8 (0.2 to 3.2)
Child (8) Hearing problems^f	172	87.8 (82.7 to 92.3)	1.3 (0.5 to 3.4)	1.0 (0.3 to 3.4)	0.4 (0.1 to 1.5)	0.5 (0.2 to 1.4)	0.9 (0.3 to 3.2)	1.9 (0.7 to 5.9)
Man (28) First convulsions^g	107	55.7 (49.0 to 63.0)	0.4 (0.2 to 0.8)^j	1.0 (0.4 to 2.3)	2.3 (0.8 to 6.8)	2.3 (1.0 to 5.1)^j	1.6 (0.7 to 3.5)	0.4 (0.2 to 0.8)^j
Man (24) Chest pain^c	172	88.2 (83.6 to 92.8)	0.5 (0.2 to 1.4)	4.2 (0.5 to 33.2)	1.0 (0.3 to 3.8)	2.2 (0.6 to 8.5)	1.0 (0.4 to 2.9)	0.7 (0.2 to 2.3)
Woman (50) Breast lump^c	192	98.5 (96.4 to 100)	0.7 (0.1 to 9.0)	—ⁱ	—ⁱ	0.3 (0.0 to 4.5)	—ⁱ	2.6 (0.2 to 35.0)
Woman (18) Contraception^f	169	86.2 (81.1 to 90.8)	0.3 (0.1 to 0.9)^j	1.2 (0.3 to 4.7)	1.8 (0.4 to 7.5)	10.7 (2.1 to 54.0)^j	0.8 (0.3 to 2.3)	4.5 (1.6 to 12.3)^j
Man (32) Sexual problems^d	142	73.2 (66.0 to 79.4)	1.4 (0.7 to 2.8)	2.5 (0.8 to 7.9)	0.6 (0.2 to 1.8)	1.1 (0.5 to 2.6)	1.4 (0.6 to 3.5)	1.3 (0.6 to 2.7)
Child (13) Physical abuse^h	73	38.6 (31.7 to 46.0)	0.7 (0.4 to 1.4)	0.9 (0.4 to 2.2)	1.6 (0.6 to 4.2)	1.4 (0.7 to 3.0)	1.5 (0.7 to 3.3)	0.6 (0.3 to 1.2)
Man (45) Anxiety^e	183	94.8 (91.7 to 97.4)	1.2 (0.3 to 4.6)	0.7 (0.1 to 3.9)	0.9 (0.1 to 8.1)	0.8 (0.2 to 4.0)	0.5 (0.1 to 2.7)	1.1 (0.2 to 5.1)
Relationship problems^g	77	40.1 (32.8 to 47.4)	0.7 (0.4 to 1.4)	0.8 (0.4 to 2.0)	0.8 (0.3 to 2.3)	1.2 (0.6 to 2.6)	1.4 (0.6 to 3.0)	0.6 (0.3 to 1.2)
Woman (50) Psychosocial problems^e	182	94.3 (90.7 to 97.4)	0.3 (0.1 to 1.6)	—ⁱ	0.2 (0.1 to 0.9)^j	1.4 (0.3 to 7.9)	5.7 (0.6 to 51.1)	0.5 (0.12.5)
Man (52) Alcohol problems^c	117	60.0 (53.8 to 66.7)	1.1 (0.6 to 2.0)	1.6 (0.7 to 3.8)	0.5 (0.2 to 1.3)	1.1 (0.5 to 2.4)	1.6 (0.73.6)	1.1 (0.52.2)

^aGPs who answered always or usually. ^bMissing data = 1. ^cMissing data = 3. ^dMissing data = 4. ^eMissing data = 5. ^fMissing data = 2. ^gMissing data = 6. ^hMissing data = 9. ⁱSystem missing due to overflow. ^jP<0.05. ^kStatistically significant (P≤0.002).