Health profiles of foreigners attending primary care clinics in Malaysia

Table 4 Management provided in primary care clinics

	Overall		Public clinics		Private clinics
	(n = 10,830)		(n = 1067)		(n = 9763)
	No. of encounter	Percentage	No. of encounter	Percentage	No. of encounter	Percentage	P-value*
Medication
Prescribed	8279	76.5	805	75.4	7474	76.6	0.8919
Investigation	2976	27.5	587	55.0	2389	24.5	0.0007
Procedure	2199	20.3	464	43.5	1735	17.8	<0.0001
Visit disposition
Referral	438	4.0	99	9.3	339	3.5	0.0174
Follow-up	2963	27.4	769	72.1	2194	22.5	<0.0001
Medical leave certificate issued	2042	18.9	91	11.4	1951	22.0	0.0100

*Chi-square test for differences between public and private clinics, P-value < 0.05 considered as significant

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