Number of general (group) practices | Total number of patients enlisted | Average number of contacts per day per practice | Total number of patient contacts per year | Mean number of patient contacts per year (range) | |
64 | 371,028 | 79.9 | 1384.129 | 3.7 (0–193) | |
Age groups in years | Number of men (%) | Number of women (%) | |||
0–19 | 41,405 (11) | 39,700 (11) | |||
20–39 | 50,722 (14) | 60,717 (16) | |||
40–59 | 51,256 (14) | 51,238 (14) | |||
> 60 | 33,965 (10) | 40,845 (11) | |||
Total | 177,348 (48) | 192,500 (52) | |||
Top five prescribed drugs according to the Anatomic-Therapeutic Codes (ATC) for medication | Number of prescriptions (% of total) | Number of patients (% of total) | Mean number of prescriptions per patient | Number of patients with just one prescription (%) | Percentage of patients in the Netherlands with the prescription [48] |
Antacids (PPI’s, H2-antagonists, and antacids) (A02B) | 164,293 (7) | 39,613 (11) | 4,1 | 12,619 (32) | 16 |
Statins and other cholesterol lowering drugs (C10A) | 134,352 (5) | 26,24 (7) | 5,1 | 3183 (12) | 11 |
Antithrombotics (Vitamin K antagonists, NOACs, and anti-platelets) (B01A) | 123,209 (5) | 22,195 (6) | 5,6 | 3207 (15) | 10 |
Beta-blockers (C07A) | 105,737 (4) | 21,413 (6) | 4,9 | 3689 (17) | 9 |
Antidepressants (N06A) | 100,883 (4) | 18,046 (5) | 5,6 | 3048 (17) | Below top 10 |
Top five diagnoses according to the International Code Primary Care (ICPC) for diagnoses | Number of contacts with such an ICPC-labelled diagnosis (number of new/relapsed episodes) | Percentage of total number of contacts with an ICPC-code (%) | Number of patients (% of total) | Mean number of contacts per patient (minimum-maximum) | Percentage of patients in the Netherlands with the ICPC-code [49] |
Hypertension (K86, K87) | 52,508 (2708) | 3.9 | 18,445 (5) | 2.8 (1–29) | 4 |
Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T90) | 51,194 (11,547) | 3.8 | 11,283 (3) | 4.5 (1–79) | 2 |
Cystitis/urinary tract infection (U71) | 28,834 (19,495) | 2.1 | 12,473 (3) | 2.3 (1–35) | 3 |
Cough (R05) | 25,487 (22,794) | 1.9 | 16,966 (5) | 1.5 (1–15) | 2 |
Upper respiratory tract infection (R74) | 23,579 (22,330) | 1.7 | 17,580 (5) | 1.3 (1–13) | 2 |