Netherlands: contacts with a general practitioner 2022

In 2022, the average number of contacts with a general practitioner in the Netherlands increased by 0.6 (+12.24 percent) since 2021. Therefore, the number in the Netherlands reached a peak in 2022 with 5.5.

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Average number of contacts with a general practitioner in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2022

Characteristic	Number of contacts
2022	5.5
2021	4.9
2020	5.1
2019	5.2
2018	5.3
2017	5.1
2016	5.2
2015	5
2014	4.9
2013	4.1
2012	4.1
2011	4.3
2010	4.2
2009	3.8
2008	4.1

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2008 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The source states, contacts with a general practitioner includes visits: to a GP, GP home visits, telephone consultations, contacts with locums and emergency GP services and excludes contacts with GP surgery assistants/nurses.

The source notes: 'Due to changes in methodology of the health interview questionnaire in 2014, figures before and after are not completely comparable'.

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