Use of medical facilities; 1981-2009
All periods | Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year % Persons with contact Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (%) | Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per person in 1 year Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (numbers) | Contacts with the GP Contacts with the GP in 1 year Number of contacts per patient in 1 year Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (numbers) | Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At GP's practice Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (%) | Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP At patient's home Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (%) | Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP Contact by telephone Type of insurance Private health insurance Other type of insurance (%) | Contacts with the GP Manner of contact with the GP Other contacts Total other contacts (%) |
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Standard error | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
1981 | 63.6 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 81.2 | 13.4 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
1982 | 65.5 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 80.4 | 14.5 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
1983 | 67.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 72.9 | 17.9 | 8.5 | 0.8 |
1984 | 67.9 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 79.4 | 12.5 | 7.6 | 0.6 |
1985 | 66.7 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 80.8 | 12.4 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
1986 | 68.8 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 81.4 | 13.0 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
1987 | 67.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 82.0 | 12.7 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
1988 | 67.9 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 79.2 | 12.1 | 6.8 | 1.0 |
1989 | 70.1 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 82.7 | 11.1 | 5.5 | 0.6 |
1990 | 72.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 76.3 | 12.2 | 10.6 | 0.9 |
1991 | 71.7 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 75.0 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 0.7 |
1992 | 71.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 83.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 0.6 |
1993 | 72.6 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 79.0 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 0.3 |
1994 | 73.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 80.8 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
1995 | 72.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 82.4 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
1996 | 73.4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 81.2 | 7.5 | 11.0 | 0.6 |
1997 | 71.4 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 80.5 | 4.7 | 14.4 | 0.3 |
1998 | 72.4 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 81.6 | 6.6 | 11.1 | 0.7 |
1999 | 72.1 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 81.8 | 4.7 | 12.6 | 0.7 |
2000 | 71.6 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 79.1 | 4.2 | 16.0 | 0.5 |
2001 | 72.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 79.7 | 5.2 | 14.2 | 0.6 |
2002 | 71.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 84.4 | 2.5 | 11.8 | 0.7 |
2003 | 70.8 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 80.7 | 3.8 | 14.5 | 0.9 |
2004 | 69.7 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 81.3 | 2.9 | 14.9 | 0.7 |
2005 | 69.8 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 83.9 | 3.7 | 10.7 | 1.0 |
2006 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0.8 |
2007 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0.9 |
2008 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1.0 |
2009 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0.8 |
Source: CBS. |
Table explanation
This table contains information on the use of medical facilities, visits to the GP, medical specialist, dentist, physiotherapist, alternative healers, hospital admissions, medicines, contraceptive pill and health centers.
Data available from:1981
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final
Changes as of 22 March 2018:
None, this table has been discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table has been discontinued. Figures from 2010 onwards can be found in other tables, see paragraph 3.
Description topics
- Contacts with the GP
- Includes all contacts with the GP, i.e. visits to the GP and consultations
by telephone in the 12 months prior to the interview.- Contacts with the GP in 1 year
- % Persons with contact
- Type of insurance
- Private health insurance
- Other type of insurance
- Number of contacts per person in 1 year
- The average number of GP contacts calculated for all persons in the Dutch
population. Failing recollection is compensated by multiplying the number
of contacts during the fortnight preceding the interview by 26 to
calculate the number of annual contacts .- Type of insurance
- Private health insurance
- Other type of insurance
- Number of contacts per patient in 1 year
- The average number of GP contacts calculated for all persons in the Dutch
population. Failing recollection is compensated by multiplying the number
of contacts during the fortnight preceding the interview by 26 to
calculate the number of annual contacts .- Type of insurance
- Private health insurance
- Other type of insurance
- Manner of contact with the GP
- In this category the various ways in which the contact with the GP was
established are distinguished, i.e. house call, contact by telephone or
otherwise.
The unit is one contact with the GP.- At GP's practice
- Type of insurance
- Private health insurance
- Other type of insurance
- At patient's home
- Type of insurance
- Private health insurance
- Other type of insurance
- Contact by telephone
- Percentage of contacts with the GP by telephone.
- Type of insurance
- Private health insurance
- Other type of insurance
- Other contacts
- Total other contacts