Table 1. Patient and Primary Care Physician (PCP) Cooperative Characteristics
Characteristics
    Patients (n = 5678)*
    Male sex2349 (41.4)
    Age, years
        0–17941 (16.6)
        18–441642 (28.9)
        45–641418 (25.0)
        ≥651677 (29.5)
    Type of contact
        Telephone consultation1764 (31.1)
        Center consultation2303 (40.6)
        Home visit1611 (28.4)
Cooperatives (n = 16)†
    Inhabitants (n)281,882 (110,000–633,000)
    PCP density (inhabitants/PCP)2215 (1805–2683)
    Distribution of contact type (%)
        Telephone consultation40.8 (32.0–48.0)
        Center consultation48.7 (41.5–57.0)
        Home visit10.3 (6.0–15.0)
    Distance to emergency department (km)4.7 (0–22)
    Triage nurse certification (%)66.3 (0–100)
    Use of computerized decision support system (%)26.1 (0–100)
    Telephone PCP present at call center (%)56.2 (0–100)

  • ↵* Values shown as n (%).

  • ↵† Values in parentheses are minimum–maximum.