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Table 2 Proportion of specialist contacts (and the proportion of those being referred by a GP) before and after institutionalization (n = 18,779)

From: Are there changes in medical specialist contacts after transition to a nursing home? an analysis of German claims data

 

One year before

One year after

Dentist

44.6%

50.4%

Ophthalmologist

38.4% (69.0%)

30.6% (34.1%)

Surgeon

30.2% (70.7%)

26.6% (53.9%)

Gynecologist (women only)

9.6% (61.7%)

7.5% (27.8%)

ENT specialist

21.0% (63.1%)

25.6% (30.6%)

Dermatologist

15.8% (68.3%)

17.9% (39.3%)

Urologist

13.8% (71.4%)

17.1% (50.0%)

Neurologist/Psychiatrist

27.2% (73.9%)

43.0% (58.6%)

  1. Abbreviation: ENT Ear, nose and throat
  2. Referrals from GPs to dentists were not assessed since those are very unusual in the German health care system