Health care management adequacy among French persons with severe profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: a longitudinal study

Table 1 Medical care during the last year before assessment (N = 619)

		All		SRC		RF		Children (< 18y)		Adults (> = 18y)
		N = 619		N = 297		N = 322		N = 199		N = 420
Number of medical consultations		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
General practitioner	none	313	53.2	141	47.6	172	58.9	105	59	208	50.7
	1 to 5	174	29.6	83	28.1	91	31.1	58	32.5	116	30.7
	> 5	101	17.2	72	24.3	29	10	15	8.5	86	18.5
	Missing	31		1		30		21		10
Physical medicine rehabilitation physician	none	339	59.4	164	55.4	175	63.6	95	54	244	61.8
	1	127	22.2	53	17.9	74	26.9	44	25	83	21
	> 1	105	18.4	79	26.7	26	9.4	37	21	68	17.2
	Missing	48		1		47		23		25
Neurologist	none	415	73.2	220	74.3	195	72	94	53.7	321	81.9
	1	104	18.3	56	18.9	48	17.7	55	31.4	49	12.5
	> 1	48	8.5	20	6.8	28	10.3	26	13.9	22	5.6
	Missing	52		1		51		24		28
Orthopaedist	none	431	77	212	72.1	219	82.3	107	62.6	324	83.3
	1	81	14.5	48	16.3	33	12.4	47	27.5	34	8.7
	> 1	48	8.6	34	11.5	14	5.3	17	9.9	31	7.9
	Missing	59		3		56		28		31
Dentist	none	250	44.4	41	13.9	209	78.3	91	55.5	159	39.8
	1	146	25.9	107	36.1	39	14.6	29	17.7	117	29.3
	> 1	167	29.7	148	50	19	7.1	44	26.8	123	30.8
	Missing	56		1		55		35		21
Gastrologist	none	490	88.6	267	90.2	223	86.8	128	78.5	362	92.8
Pneumologist	none	503	91	266	89.6	237	92.6	141	86	362	93.1
Ophtalmologist	none	512	92.6	270	91.2	242	94.2	133	82.1	379	96.9
Paediatrician (only for individuals < 18y)	none	NA		68/78	87.2	66/88	75%	134/166	80.7	NA
Gynaecologist (only for girls-women)	none	201/249	80.7	92/136	67.6	109/113	96.4	62/65	95.4	139/184	75.5

SRC Specialized rehabilitation centre, RF Residential facilities, N numbers, % Percent, NA Not applicable

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