From: Changing patterns of home visiting in general practice: an analysis of electronic medical records
 | 1987 | 2001 |
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Registration period | 13 weeks | 6 weeks |
practices | N = 103 | N = 80 |
% single handed | 50.5% | 50% |
% (very) urban | 30.1% | 42.5% |
Average list size | 3208 | 3883 |
Fte GP in the practice | 1.4 | 1.6 |
% home visits of all face to face contacts | 14.5% | 7.6% |
Average number of cases (contacts) in analyses | 2396 | 964 |
Patients | N = 124,791 | N = 58,345 |
Sex (% women) | 59% | 59% |
Average age | 39.0 | 42.3 |
Number of face to face contacts | 1.98 | 1.32 |
Number of visits | 0.28 | 0.10 |
Face to face contacts | N = 246,738 | N = 77,167 |
% home visits | 14.1% | 7.4% |