Pattern of Visits to Older Family Physicians in Taiwan
| Autor: | Cheng Chieh Liu, Yi Jen Wang, Shinn Jang Hwang, Jui Yao Liu, Li Fang Chou, Tzu Hsiang Shen, Tzeng Ji Chen, Hao Yen Liu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Age structure Databases Factual National Health Programs Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Taiwan lcsh:Medicine Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Age groups Ambulatory care ambulatory care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Manpower planning Respiratory tract infections business.industry 030503 health policy & services lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Age Factors Physicians Family family physicians Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care aged national health programs medicine.disease National health insurance Family medicine Female 0305 other medical science Database research business Dyslipidemia |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 14; Issue 5; Pages: 499 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 14, Iss 5, p 499 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Many family physicians still practice at an old age. Nevertheless, their practice patterns have scarcely been studied. To address this lack of research, the current study analyzed claims data for a total of 2,018,440 visits to 171 family physicians in 2011 sourced from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database. Family physicians aged 65 years and over had fewer patients (mean: 2330, standard deviation (SD): 2019) and visits (mean: 9220, SD: 8600) than younger physicians had. Furthermore, the average age of the patients who visited physicians aged 65 years and over was 51.9 (SD: 21.5) years, significantly higher than that of patients who visited younger physicians. However, the proportions of visits for upper respiratory tract infections, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia did not differ significantly among different age groups of physicians. In the future, the manpower planning of physicians should take into consideration the age structure and work profile of physicians. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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