Description

This table provides data on contacts of the Dutch population with providers of medical care, including data on hospitalisation and the use of medicines. It covers the following aspects:

- contacts with GP
- contacts with medical specialists
- contacts with dentist
- contacts with physiotherapist/remedial therapist
- contacts with alternative healers
- hospitalisations, with and without overnight stay
- use of medicines, prescribed and non-prescribed
- satisfaction with GP, specialist, dentist, physiotherapist, hospital

The data are based on the Health Interview Survey conducted by Statistics Netherlands. They can be broken down by age and sex. The Health Interview Survey is a continuous survey. Its population consists of Dutch residents of all ages in private households.

Data available from 2010 till 2013.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite.

Changes as of 7 February 2019:
The tabel is stopped.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable.

The questions about contacts with medical specialists were changed in 2011; therefore data for 2010 are not available.

Status

Disclosure level
Public
Available since
Updated

Features

Change frequency
Never
High value
Basic register

Ownership

Contact

Name
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek

Metadata

Identifier
https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/OData/81178ENG
Metadata language
English

Distributions (2)

Api

GP, specialist, dentist, fysiotherapist, hospitalisation, medicine use,
sex and age

License
CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl
Format
JSON

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GP, specialist, dentist, fysiotherapist, hospitalisation, medicine use,
sex and age

License
CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl
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ATOM

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