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)na%(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 coughb 19498.5 (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 painc 18996.9 (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 visionc 17589.7 (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 ankled 14675.3 (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) Polyuriac 18795.9 (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 paresisc 13870.8 (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 paine 18897.4 (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 problemsd 18092.8 (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 problemsf 17287.8 (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 convulsionsg 10755.7 (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 painc 17288.2 (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 lumpc 19298.5 (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) Contraceptionf 16986.2 (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 problemsd 14273.2 (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 abuseh 7338.6 (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) Anxietye 18394.8 (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 problemsg 7740.1 (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 problemse 18294.3 (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 problemsc 11760.0 (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. j P<0.05. kStatistically significant (P≤0.002).