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Table 3 Contacts to general practitioners, dentists, and medical specialists among the participating nursing homes and nursing home residents

From: Contacts with general practitioners, dentists, and medical specialists among nursing home residents: a cross-sectional study in 44 German nursing homes

Medical specialty

Nursing homes (n = 43)

Nursing home residents (n = 400)

Proportion with at least one contact in the last twelve months

Proportion with at least one contact in the last twelve months

Number of contacts among those with any contact in the last twelve months

%

%

Mean (SD); Median (IQR)

General practitioners

 Any contact

100.0

97.8

12.5 (9.2); 11.0 (7.0-16.0)

 Contact in a practice

86.1

18.8

0.5 (1.8); 0.0 (0.0-0.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

100.0

93.8

7.1 (6.5); 6.0 (1.0-7.0)

 Contact by telephone

83.7

74.5

4.9 (6.5); 3.0 (1.0-7.0)

Dentists

 Any contact

100.0

32.3

2.1 (1.6); 1.0 (1.0-2.0)

 Contact in a practice

86.1

15.5

0.9 (1.4); 0.0 (0.0-1.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

76.7

21.0

0.9 (1.1); 1.0 (0.0-1.0)

 Contact by telephone

32.6

5.3

0.2 (0.6); 0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Urologists

 Any contact

100.0

18.0

5.1 (4.7); 4.0 (2.0-7.0)

 Contact in a practice

83.7

7.5

0.8 (1.5); 0.0 (0.0-1.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

67.4

10.8

2.9 (3.4); 2.0 (0.0-5.0)

 Contact by telephone

44.2

8.0

1.4 (3.0); 0.0 (0.0-2.0)

Neurologists/psychiatrists

 Any contact

97.7

38.5

3.7 (3.0); 3.0 (2.0-5.0)

 Contact in a practice

65.1

5.3

0.2 (0.8); 0.0 (0.0-0.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

86.1

33.0

2.6 (2.5); 2.0 (1.0-3.0)

 Contact by telephone

55.8

14.5

0.8 (1.7); 0.0 (0.0-1.0)

Otorhinolaryngologists

 Any contact

95.4

21.8

1.8 (1.3); 1.0 (1.0-2.0)

 Contact in a practice

76.7

7.0

0.6 (1.4); 0.0 (0.0-1.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

46.5

15.0

1.0 (0.9); 1.0 (0.0-2.0)

 Contact by telephone

32.6

2.5

0.2 (0.5); 0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Ophthalmologists

 Any contact

88.4

17.3

2.3 (1.9); 2.0 (1.0-3.0)

 Contact in a practice

86.1

14.0

1.6 (1.8); 1.0 (1.0-2.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

9.3

3.5

0.4 (0.9); 0.0 (0.0-0.0)

 Contact by telephone

30.2

3.5

0.3 (0.7); 0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Surgeons

 Any contact

88.4

6.8

2.1 (1.7); 2.0 (1.0-3.0)

 Contact in a practice

88.4

5.0

1.1 (0.9); 1.0 (0.0-2.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

4.7

2.0

0.4 (0.8); 0.0 (0.0-1.0)

 Contact by telephone

20.9

1.5

0.5 (1.3); 0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Dermatologists

 Any contact

86.1

17.0

3.3 (4.5); 2.0 (1.0-4.0)

 Contact in a practice

83.7

5.3

0.6 (1.0); 0.0 (0.0-1.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

41.9

11.8

1.6 (2.0); 1.0 (0.0-2.0)

 Contact by telephone

39.5

6.5

1.1 (2.6); 0.0 (0.0-1.0)

Gynecologists

 Any contact

76.7

3.0a

2.0 (1.4); 1.5 (1.0-2.5)

 Contact in a practice

74.4

1.5a

0.5 (0.5); 0.5 (0.0-1.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

18.6

0.8a

0.4 (0.7); 0.0 (0.0-0.5)

 Contact by telephone

20.9

1.5a

1.1 (1.4); 0.5 (0.0-2.5)

Orthopedists

 Any contact

76.7

5.5

2.2 (1.4); 2.0 (1.0-3.0)

 Contact in a practice

69.8

4.5

1.5 (1.3); 1.0 (1.0-2.0)

 Contact in the nursing home

9.3

1.3

0.4 (0.9); 0.0 (0.0-0.0)

 Contact by telephone

16.3

1.3

0.4 (0.9); 0.0 (0.0-0.0)

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range
  2. a n = 267 female nursing home residents