Table 1 Empric means, medians of patients and consultations. (data from health insurance records of individual physicians)
certified CAM | noncertified CAM | COM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mean | median | mean | median | mean | median | |
Number of patients per year | 652 | 537 | 955 | 899 | 987 | 906 |
Number of consultations per year | 2797 | 2440 | 3811 | 3726 | 3918 | 3783 |
- Disease related | 2746 | 2421 | 3694 | 3621 | 3822 | 3731 |
- Accident related | 40 | 14 | 100 | 76 | 82 | 46 |
- Other (maternity, unclassified) | 12 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
- Number of home visits | 79 | 30 | 268 | 181 | 304 | 211 |
Number of consultations per patient and year | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 |