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Defining frequent attendance in general practice.

Frans T M Smits¹, Jacob J Mohrs, Ellen E Beem

¹Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. fsmits@gazocentra.nl

BMC Family Practice

|April 17, 2008

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Identifying frequent attenders (FAs) in general practice is crucial for targeted interventions. The most effective method involves stratifying patients into at least three age groups by sex for accurate selection.

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Area of Science:

General Practice
Health Services Research
Patient Stratification

Background:

General practitioners (GPs) and researchers require methods to identify frequent attenders (FAs).
Accurate identification of FAs aids in screening for unidentified health issues and testing interventions.
This study aimed to evaluate different FA selection methods for general practice feasibility and effectiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess and compare the feasibility and effectiveness of various methods for selecting frequent attenders in general practice.
To determine the most precise method for identifying patients with high consultation rates.

Main Methods:

Utilized data from the second Dutch National Survey of General Practice (375,899 individuals, 104 practices).
Defined frequent attendance as the top 3% and 10% of patients per one-year age-sex group.
Compared four selection methods (using 90th and 97th percentiles) against reference standards.

Main Results:

24% of patients did not consult their practice during the study year.
Mean annual contacts increased with age for both men and women in the top 10% and 3% frequent attender groups.
Selection precision improved with smaller age classes; most methods showed high agreement (kappa 0.849-0.942), except the three-group method.

Conclusions:

Recommends stratifying patients into at least three age groups per sex for accurate frequent attender identification.
This approach enhances the precision of selecting patients for targeted interventions in general practice.