Patient consultations in six general practices in the South-East of Amsterdam
| Cases | Controls | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| 102 | 299 | ||||
| Patient consultations* | 63 | 61.8 | 116 | 38.8 | <0.01 |
| One face-to-face consultation | 12 | 11.8 | 41 | 13.7 | |
| Two face-to-face consultations | 7 | 6.9 | 24 | 8.0 | |
| Three or more face-to-face consultations | 44 | 43.1 | 51 | 17.1 | |
| Number of face-to-face consultations (median, IQR) | 3 | 2–3 | 2 | 1–3 | |
| Laboratory blood tests† | 40 | 39.2 | 56 | 18.7 | <0.01 |
| One blood test | 28 | 27.5 | 39 | 13.0 | |
| Two blood tests | 7 | 6.9 | 4 | 1.3 | |
| Three or more blood tests | 5 | 4.9 | 13 | 4.3 | |
*Number of patient consultations in the year prior to HIV diagnosis.
†Number of laboratory blood tests registered in the year prior to HIV diagnosis.