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Family Practice Vol. 12, No. 3, 294-298
© Oxford University Press 1995

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House calls for respiratory tract infections; family medicine pure and simple?1

RA de Melker, J van der Velden and MM Kuyvenhoven

Department of Family Medicine, University of Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands

Correspondence to Professor Dr RA de Melker, Department of General Practice/Family Medicine, PO Box 80045, 3508 TA UTRECHT, The Netherlands

House calls still seem to be an important element in the work of general practitioners in the Netherlands. A secondary analysis of the data of the Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (NIVEL) National Study of Illnesses and Procedures reveals that 15% of the contacts relating to cases of respiratory tract infections are house calls. General practitioners appear to consider carefully whether or not to make house calls. House call figures differ considerably with respect to diagnosis, reasons for encounter and age. Relatively high percentages of house calls occur in cases of lower respiratory tract infections, fever as reason for encounter, for old people and young children. The number of house calls is hardly associated with region, level of urbanization and distance from a hospital. Further research is necessary to establish guidelines for the decision whether or not to make a house call.


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