Use of primary health care in Spili, Crete, and in Dalby, Sweden

A computerized medical record system was introduced in Greek primary health care (PHC) in the village of Spili in Crete. The present study was carried out to study similarities and differences in the pattern of PHC use in Dalby Health Centre, Sweden (DHC), and Spili Health Centre, Greece (SHC). In both Dalby and Spili more than half the population contacted their respective health centre during 1989. Patients contacted DHC more often than SHC, 3.33 vs 2.30 times. Relatively more females than males used the health services in Dalby (64% vs 50%) but not in Spili (57% vs 55%). More visits were made by appointment at DHC than SHC (36.0% vs 12.6%). There were great similarities in the two areas in the ten most common diagnoses, analysed in four age-groups. In both areas, acute upper respiratory infections dominated in the youngest age-groups, and hypertension and diabetes in those aged 45 years and above.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1991

Erschienen:

1991

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Scandinavian journal of primary health care - 9(1991), 4 vom: 25. Dez., Seite 297-302

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Koutis, A D [VerfasserIn]
Isacsson, A [VerfasserIn]
Lindholm, L H [VerfasserIn]
Lionis, C D [VerfasserIn]
Svenninger, K [VerfasserIn]
Fioretos, M [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Adolescents
Adult
Advisory Services
Age Factors
Aged
Child
Comparative Studies
Comparative Study
Cross-cultural Comparisons
Culture
Data Storage And Retrieval
Delivery Of Health Care
Demographic Factors
Developed Countries
Diabetes Mellitus
Diseases
Europe
Examinations And Diagnoses
Geography
Greece
Health
Health Facilities
Health Services
Hypertension
Infections
Information
Information Processing
Journal Article
Mediterranean Countries
Methodological Studies
Middle Aged
Northern Europe
Organization And Administration
Outpatient Clinic
Physical Examinations And Diagnoses
Population
Population Characteristics
Primary Health Care
Records
Research Methodology
Respiratory Infections
Scandinavia
Sex Factors
Social Sciences
Southern Europe
Studies
Sweden
Vascular Diseases
Youth

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.04.1992

Date Revised 15.05.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM017738253