Number of districts | 8 | 20 | 36 | 32 |
Number of patients | 834 215 | 864 500 | 1 057 484 | 860 311 |
Proportion of all patients (%) | 23.1 | 23.9 | 29.2 | 23.8 |
Age (mean) | 50.8 | 51.8 | 51.7 | 51.7 |
Gender: male (%) | 33.6 | 34.8 | 35.8 | 36.0 |
Proportion with GP coordination (%) | 37.3 | 45.5 | 51.8 | 52.8 |
Proportion with chronic illness (%) | 73.4 | 74.4 | 75.6 | 75.9 |
Proportion with mental illness (%) | 21.2 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.1 |
Proportion using multiple specialist groups (%) | 46.9 | 42.2 | 41.0 | 40.3 |
Proportion with doctor shopping (%) | 6.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Mean claim by GPs (€) | 56.57 | 56.44 | 55.74 | 56.33 |
Mean claim by specialists (€) | 189.60 | 166.09 | 160.92 | 163.15 |
Mean claim by all ambulatory physicians (€) | 246.16 | 222.53 | 216.66 | 219.48 |