|  | Primary care difference in costs (SE) | Specialist care difference in costs (SE) |
---|---|---|---|
Male sex of PCP¶, n(%) | 15 (38) a | −10 (20) a | −100 (66) a |
Involvement in education of medical students and/or vocational PCP training, n(%) | 32 (82) | −5 (36) | 59 (91) |
General characteristics b | Â | Â | Â |
Practice sizec | 2.4 (1.1) | −23 (9) | −35 (32) |
Experience (years)d | 17 (9) | −1 (1.1) | −0.2 (4) |
Mean number of active problems per patient on problem list | 1.7 (0.5) | −73 (17) | −289 (51) |
Mean number of contacts (adjusted for age and sex of the patient) | 2.8 (0.3) | 13 (39) | −80 (131) |
Mean percentage of all problems that was psychological or social | 12 (3) | −1 (93) | 2 (11) |
Special interest in managinge | Â | Â | Â |
Diabetes mellitus | 3.2 (0.7) | 0 (16) | 24 (52) |
COPD f/Asthma | 3.1 (0.7) | −23 (14) | −50 (45) |
Cardiovascular disease | 3.0 (0.5) | −20 (18) | −146 (58) |
Anxiety | 2.9 (0.8) | −11 (13) | −80 (41) |
Depression | 3.0 (0.7) | −15 (14) | −68 (46) |
Medically Unexplained Symptoms | 4.0 (0.7) | 10 (14) | 33 (47) |