| Literature DB >> 1792458 |
A D Koutis1, A Isacsson, L H Lindholm, C D Lionis, K Svenninger, M Fioretos.
Abstract
A computerized medical record system was introduced in Greek primary health care (PHC) in the village of Spili in Crete. The present study was carried out to study similarities and differences in the pattern of PHC use in Dalby Health Centre, Sweden (DHC), and Spili Health Centre, Greece (SHC). In both Dalby and Spili more than half the population contacted their respective health centre during 1989. Patients contacted DHC more often than SHC, 3.33 vs 2.30 times. Relatively more females than males used the health services in Dalby (64% vs 50%) but not in Spili (57% vs 55%). More visits were made by appointment at DHC than SHC (36.0% vs 12.6%). There were great similarities in the two areas in the ten most common diagnoses, analysed in four age-groups. In both areas, acute upper respiratory infections dominated in the youngest age-groups, and hypertension and diabetes in those aged 45 years and above.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescents; Adult; Advisory Services; Age Factors; Aged; Child; Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Culture; Data Storage And Retrieval; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Diabetes Mellitus; Diseases; Europe; Examinations And Diagnoses; Geography; Greece; Health; Health Facilities; Health Services; Hypertension; Infections; Information; Information Processing; Mediterranean Countries; Methodological Studies; Middle Aged; Northern Europe; Organization And Administration; Outpatient Clinic; Physical Examinations And Diagnoses; Population; Population Characteristics; Primary Health Care; Records; Research Methodology; Respiratory Infections; Scandinavia; Sex Factors; Social Sciences; Southern Europe; Studies; Sweden; Vascular Diseases; Youth
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1792458 DOI： 10.3109/02813439109018536
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scand J Prim Health Care ISSN： 0281-3432 Impact factor: 2.581