Research Article
The Impact on Emergency Department Utilization and Patient Flows after Integrating with a General Practitioner Cooperative: An Observational Study
Table 3
Patient numbers at the regional GPC before and after the ECAP (after hours).
| | Total | Pre-ECAP | Post-ECAP | Total | | Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Subtotal | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Subtotal |
| | Telephone advice | 33.866 | 37.485 | 41.411 | 112.762 | 52.541 | 48.481 | 50,459 | 151.481 | 264.243 | | GPC consultation | 58.062 | 62.345 | 63.375 | 183782 | 77.875 | 77.812 | 76,559 | 232.246 | 416.028 | | Home visit | 10.773 | 11.385 | 11.460 | 33.618 | 10.741 | 9.156 | 8,921 | 28.818 | 72.436 | | Total | 102.701 | 111.215 | 116.246 | 330.162 | 141.157 | 135.449 | 135.939 | 412.545 | 752.707 |
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The regional GPC consists of three GPCs including the studied GPC. Separate GPC data is not available since it is not registered as such.
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