This database included a complete list of billing numbers from all Swiss physicians with ambulatory practices, and the corresponding consultations that were reimbursed by basic health insurers.
Each interview lasted 2 3 h, and was taped and transcribed by the corresponding author, in consultation with the co-author.
RT consideration was ascertained through the presence of claims with RAMQ procedure codes corresponding to either consultation with a radiation oncologist (RAMQ physician specialty code of 30) or treatment in the medical services database up to 1 year after diagnosis, as per guideline recommendations [ 34] (Table 4).
During a two-year period, more than 1,200,000 same-day consultations corresponding to 16 predefined acute minor illnesses in adults were performed by nurses under the current program using management algorithms in primary care.
One single item, "to be relieved of cancer concerns", was rated significantly higher by the SPs in the POP subgroup compared with the corresponding group of consultations (n = 45) (F = 7.378, p = 0.009).
Each day, two time slots of two hours corresponding to peak ED consultation were randomly selected.
The second criterion was met when the GP's corresponding diagnosis after the consultation did not indicate a chronic disease.
The database holds electronic records of all patients registered with participating clinics, including basic patient information (birthdate, sex, registration and de-registration dates, death date) and records of all consultations with corresponding diagnoses, preventions (e.g. immunizations, screening) and prescriptions.
The second subgroup, labelled the "corresponding" group, comprised those consultations in which the SP's evaluation agreed with the ACIR evaluation score (n = 45, 73%% of consultations).
Discrepancies between evaluators were resolved by discussion or consultation with the corresponding author (Y. Ding).
