| Autor: |
Kauppila, Timo, Liedes-Kauppila, Marja, Lehto, Mika, Mustonen, Katri, Rahkonen, Ossi, Raina, Marko, Heikkinen, Anna M. |
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Dec2022, Vol. 81 Issue 1, p1-7, 7p |
| Abstrakt: |
This study, conducted in a Finnish city, examined whether a long-lasting observed trend in Finnish primary health care, namely, a decreasing rate of office-hour visits to general practitioners (GPs), would lead to reduced services for specific gender, diagnosis or age groups. This was an observational retrospective follow-up study. The annual number of visits to office-hour primary care GPs in different gender, diagnosis and age groups was recorded during a 13-year follow-up period. The effect of the decreasing visit rate on the annual mortality rate in different age and gender groups was also studied. The total number of monthly visits to office-hour GPs decreased slowly over the whole study period. This decrease was stronger in women and older people. The proportion of recorded infectious diseases (Groups A and J and especially diagnoses related to infections of respiratory airways) decreased. Proportions of recorded chronic diseases increased (Group I, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and osteoarthrosis) during the follow-up. The annual rate of visits to office-hour GP/per GP decreased. There was a decrease in the mortality in two of the age groups (20–64, 65+ years) and no change in the youngest population (0–19 years). The decrease in the office-hours GP activity does not seem to increase mortality either. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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