Table 2 Characteristics of the study population regarding health status, insurance coverage, referring doctor, number of consultations with a GP during the past 12 months according to the degree of confidence in the NHS (n=860), (in %)

Perceived health status:

  - excellent

19.5

17.1

18.8

  - very good

31.2

31.6

31.3

  - good

34.2

33.8

34.1

  - fair, poor

15.1

17.5

0.90

15.8

Existence of any longstanding conditions:

  - one or several longstanding conditions

41.1

40.4

40.8

  - not any longstanding condition

58.9

59.6

0.86

59.2

Health insurance coverage:

  - accessing health care via the assurance maladie or accessing health care via the assurance maladie but temporarily

86.6

89.7

87.4

  - accessing health care via a private insurance

8.5

7.7

8.3

  - you have not got any insurance coverage

4.9

2.6

0.52

4.3

Registration with a referring physician:

  - yes

96.3

96.8

96.4

  - no

3.7

3.2

0.23

3.6

The referring physician is:

  - a GP practicing in solo

47.8

45.1

47.2

  - a GP practicing in group practice

48.6

49.6

49.1

  - other situation

3.6

5.3

0.58

3.7

Number of consultations with a GP or another specialist (not counting doctors seen when hospitalized) during the past 12 months:

  - 1-2

34.8

28.2

33.0

  - 3-4

32.9

39.3

34.7

  - 5-6

18.1

20.5

18.7

  - 7 or more

14.2

12.0

0.14

13.6