Table 3 Participant assessment of GP accessibility according to presence of chronic disease
From: Informing primary care reform in Greece: patient expectations and experiences (the QUALICOPC study)
Variable | Overalla n (%) | Patients with chronic diseaseb n (%) | Patients without chronic diseasec n (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
How long does it take to go from your home to the Primary care unit? | Â | Â | Â | 0.028 |
  < 20 min | 1335 (68.0%) | 765 (66.2%) | 559 (70.6%) |  |
 20–40 min | 433 (22.1%) | 271 (23.4%) | 160 (20.2%) |  |
 40–60 min | 127 (6.5%) | 87 (7.5%) | 40 (5.1%) |  |
  > 1 h | 56 (2.9%) | 29 (2.5%) | 27 (3.4%) |  |
Did you have to make an appointment for your visit to the GP? | Â | Â | Â | 0.007 |
 Yes | 523 (27.3%) | 333 (29.4%) | 183 (23.8%) |  |
 No | 1392 (72.7%) | 800 (70.6%) | 587 (76.2%) |  |
Was it easy to make an appointment? | Â | Â | Â | 0.117 |
 Yes | 474 (86.2%) | 294 (84.2%) | 172 (89.1%) |  |
 No | 76 (13.8%) | 55 (15.8%) | 21 (10.9%) |  |
How many days did you wait for today’s visit? |  |  |  | 0.546 |
 None | 171 (32.4%) | 107 (31.7%) | 58 (32.2%) |  |
 One day | 143 (27.1%) | 86 (25.4%) | 56 (30.6%) |  |
 2–7 days | 125 (23.7%) | 85 (25.1%) | 40 (21.9%) |  |
  > 7 days | 89 (16.9%) | 60 (17.8%) | 28 (15.3%) |  |
 Don’t know | 25 (4.5%) | 11 (3.2%) | 13 (6.6%) |  |
How long did you have to wait to see your doctor when you arrived today? | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
  < 15 min | 553 (28.7%) | 295 (25.7%) | 258 (33.0%) |  |
 15–30 min | 598 (31.0%) | 342 (29.8%) | 256 (32.7%) |  |
 30–45 min | 378 (19.6%) | 246 (21.5%) | 132 (16.9%) |  |
 45–60 min | 184 (9.5%) | 123 (10.7%) | 61 (7.8%) |  |
  > 1 h | 203 (10.5%) | 135 (11.8%) | 68 (8.7%) |  |
 Don’t know | 12 (0.6%) | 5 (0.4%) | 7 (0.8%) |  |
It is difficult to see a GP in the evenings, at night and in the weekend? | Â | Â | Â | 0.509 |
 Yes | 421 (21.9%) | 251 (22.0%) | 170 (21.7%) |  |
 No | 1046 (54.4%) | 642 (56.3%) | 404 (51.6%) |  |
 Don’t know | 457 (23.8%) | 248 (21.7%) | 209 (26.7%) |  |