Table 2. Characteristics of patients with cancer by frequency of visits to the GP in a 1-year study (consultations n = 11 074, patients with cancer n = 1932, GPs n = 91)

	Patients with cancer visiting <5 times per year, n (%)	Patients with cancer visiting ≥5 times per year, n (%)
	n = 2496 consultations	n = 8578 consultations
Sex^a
Female	460 (49)	453 (46)
Male	485 (51)	532 (54)
Median age, years	67	70
Consultations with two diagnoses	1123 (45)	3689 (43)
Consultations with three diagnoses	424 (17)	1458 (17)
Consultations with four diagnoses	125 (5)	600 (7)
P-diagnosis^b as first diagnosis in the consultation	75 (3)	343 (4)
P-diagnosis as second diagnosis in the consultation	50 (2)	257 (3)
P-diagnosis as third diagnosis in the consultation	25 (1)	86 (1)

^aMissing data: n = 2. ^bP-diagnosis = psychological diagnoses according to ICPC-2 (International Classification of Primary Care — Second Edition)