Table 7 |
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Frequency of switching physicians and healthcare facilities in 2002 |
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No. of consultations (%, n = 2,443,003) |
No. of patients (%, n = 182,474) |
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The patient has visited other healthcare facilities ... |
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on the same day |
52,359 (2.1) |
31,646 (17.3) |
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in the past 3 days |
324,377 (13.3) |
87,851 (48.1) |
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in the past 7 days |
542,256 (22.2) |
105,570 (57.9) |
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The patient has visited the same specialty at other healthcare facilities ... |
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on the same day |
5,501 (0.2) |
4,673 (2.6) |
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in the past 3 days |
53,304 (2.2) |
29,983 (16.4) |
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in the past 7 days |
93,108 (3.8) |
42,814 (23.5) |
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Chen et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:54 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-54 |
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