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Table 1 Patient home visits by SOS doctors in Attica, Greece.

From: An analysis of patient house calls in the area of Attica, Greece

 

N of house-calls*

% within category**

Age-group (years)

  

non-recorded

2,627

2.7%

   1 – 15

7,865

8.0 %

   16 – 30

10,367

10.6%

   31 – 45

14,735

15.0%

   46 – 60

12,735

13.0 %

   61 – 75

18,812

19.2%

   76 – 90

26,448

27.0%

   91 -

4,420

4.5%

Patient's sex

  

   Male

39,766

40.6%

   Female

58,242

59.4%

8-Hour

  

   00 – 08

13,124

13.4%

   08 – 16

45,542

46.5%

   16 – 00

39,343

40.1%

Month

  

   January

9,764

10.0%

   February

8,446

8.6%

   March

10,063

10.3%

   April

9,428

9.6%

   May

7,946

8.1%

   June

7,067

7.2%

   July

6,952

7.1%

   August

7,898

8.1%

   September

6,353

6.5%

   October

7,269

7.4%

   November

7,102

7.3%

   December

9,721

9.9%

Season

  

   Winter

27,931

28.5%

   Spring

27,437

28.0%

   Summer

21,917

22.4%

   Fall

20,724

21.1%

Year

  

   2000 (Nov-Dec)

3,219

3.3%

   2001

18,876

19.7%

   2002

20,126

20.5%

   2003

20,275

20,7%

   2004

19,251

19.6%

   2005 (Jan-Oct)

16,262

16.6%

  1. *Total 98,009 house calls in the 5/year period
  2. ** All comparisons of the distributions of the studied variables had statistical significance with p < 0.001