Table 3 General practitioners’ use of various sources of information on expected waiting time at hospitals (n = 241)
Source of information | Routinely (4) | Often (3) | Rarely (2) | Not at all (1) | Average (1–4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Confirmations/clinical reports | 45 (19%) | 84 (35%) | 67 (28%) | 44 (18%) | 2,5 |
The counties’ prognoses (paper) | 28 (12%) | 64 (27%) | 73 (30%) | 75 (31%) | 2,2 |
Calls to the departments | 2 (1%) | 29 (12%) | 141 (59%) | 68 (28%) | 1,9 |
The counties’ prognoses (web) | 12 (5%) | 36 (15%) | 78 (32%) | 114 (48%) | 1,8 |
7 (3%) | 31 (13%) | 84 (35%) | 119 (49%) | 1,7 | |
2 (1%) | 9 (4%) | 63 (26%) | 166 (69%) | 1,4 |