dc.contributor.author | Hansen, Anne Helen | |
dc.contributor.author | Halvorsen, Peder Andreas | |
dc.contributor.author | Førde, Olav Helge | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-13T11:02:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-13T11:02:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background. Our aim was to investigate the pattern of self reported
symptoms and utilisation of health care services in Norway.<p>
<p>Design and Methods. With data from the cross-sectional Tromsø
Study (2007-8), we estimated population proportions reporting symptoms and use of seven different health services. By logistic regression
we estimated differences according to age and gender.
<p>Results. In this study 12,982 persons aged 30-87 years participated,
constituting 65.7% of those invited. More than 900/1000 reported
symptoms or health problems in a year as well as in a month, and
214/1000 and 816/1000 visited a general practitioner once or more in a
month and a year, respectively. The corresponding figures were
91/1000 and 421/1000 for specialist outpatient visits, and 14/1000 and
116/1000 for hospitalisations. Physiotherapists were visited by
210/1000, chiropractors by 76/1000, complementary and alternative
medical providers by 127/1000, and dentists by 692/1000 in a year.
Women used most health care services more than men, but genders
used hospitalisations and chiropractors equally. Utilisation of all services increased with age, except chiropractors, dentists and complementary and alternative medical providers.
<p>Conclusions. Almost the entire population reported health related
problems during the previous year, and most residents visited a general practitioner. Yet there were high rates of inpatient and outpatient
specialist utilisation. We suggest that wide use of general practitioners
may not necessarily keep patients out of specialist care and hospitals. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hansen AH, Halvorsen PA, Førde oh. The ecology of medical care in Norway: wide use of general practitioners may not necessarily keep patients out of hospitals. Journal of Public Health Research. 2012;1(2):e28 | en_US |
dc.identifier.cristinID | FRIDAID 949688 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.4081/jphr.2012.e28 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2279-9028 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2279-9036 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/26782 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Journal of Public Health Research | |
dc.relation.uri | http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/jphr.2012.e28/html | |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2012 The Author(s) | en_US |
dc.title | The ecology of medical care in Norway: wide use of general practitioners may not necessarily keep patients out of hospitals | en_US |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |