Tilburg Univ., The Netherlands. Analyzes general practitioners' performance as gatekeepers of the Dutch healthcare system. Topics include a comparison of disease prevalence in general practice in the Netherlands and in England and Wales, patients with a psychiatric diagnosis in general practice, and more. For public policy makers. Softcover.

Foreword

vi

About the editors

viii

List of corresponding authors

ix

Abbreviations

xi

Part 1 Introduction

1

(32)

General practice in the Netherlands: major findings from the second Dutch National Survey of General Practice

3

(7)

Gert Westert

Francois Schellevis

Jouke van der Zee

The design of the second Dutch National Survey of General Practice

10

(9)

Francois Schellevis

Gert Westert

The Dutch healthcare system: how are we organised?

19

(7)

Lea Jabaaij

Primary healthcare as a determinant of population health: a social epidemiologist's view

26

(7)

Ichiro Kawachi

Part 2 Health and disparities

33

(72)

Morbidity in the population and in general practice

35

(10)

Michiel van der Linden

Francois Schellevis

Gert Westert

A comparison of disease prevalence in general practice in the Netherlands and in England and Wales

45

(12)

Douglas Fleming

Francois Schellevis

Michiel van der Linden

Gert Westert

A matter of disparities: risk groups for unhealthy lifestyle and poor health

57

(10)

Mariel Droomers

Hanneke van Linden

Gert Westert

Child health and general practitioners' management, 1987--2001

67

(7)

Hanneke Otters

Francois Schellevis

Patients with a psychiatric diagnosis in general practice: (co)morbidity and contacts

74

(11)

Peter Verhaak

Anita Volkers

Jasper Nuyen

Perceived health and consultation of GPs among ethnic minorities compared to the general population in the Netherlands

85

(12)

Walter Deville

Ellen Uiters

Gert Westert

Peter Groenewegen

Respiratory tract infections in general practice according to age, sex and high-risk comorbidity

97

(8)

Eelko Hak

Maroeska Rovers

Marijke Kuyenhoven

Theo Verheij

Part 3 Use of care

105

(40)

The activities of general practitioners: are they still gatekeepers?

107

(8)

Mieke Cardol

Dinny de Bakker

Gert Westert

Prescription in Dutch general practice

115

(10)

Liset van Dijk

Medical practice variation: does it cluster within general practitioners' practices?

125

(10)

Judith de Jong

Peter Groenewegen

Gert Westert

Social networks and receiving informal care

135

(10)

Alice de Boer

Mirjam de Klerk

Mieke Cardol

Gert Westert

Part 4 Organisation and communication

145

(42)

The workload of general practitioners in the Netherlands: 1987 and 2001

147

(8)

Michael van den Berg

Esmee Kolthof

Dinny de Bakker

Jouke van der Zee

`Doing better but feeling worse'. Changes in the workload of general practitioners in the United Kingdom

155

(8)

Michael Calnan

Professionalisation of the practice assistant enables task delegation: 1987--2001

163

(7)

Michael van den Berg

Esmee Kolthof

Dinny de Bakker

Jouke van der Zee

Communication in general practice

170

(7)

Sandra van Dulmen

Jozien Bensing

Have gender preferences and communication patterns changed?

177

(10)

Atie van den Brink-Muinen

Sandra van Dulmen

Jozien Bensing

Part 5 Quality

187

(40)

Quality of primary care

189

(6)

Roger Jones

Assessment of primary care by clinical quality indicators

195

(10)

Joze Braspenning

Francois Schellevis

Richard Grol

Practice visits in the Dutch National Survey of General Practice: a useful research instrument for data on practice management

205

(6)

Pieter van den Hombergh

Yvonne Engels

Richard Grol

Quality of general practitioner care from the patients' perspective: facts, trends and differences

211

(8)

Herman Sixma

Peter Spreeuwenberg

Adherence to pharmacotherapeutic advice in the guidelines of the Dutch College of General Practitioners

219

(8)

Feikje Groenhof

Carlijn Wefers Bettin k

Liset van Dijk

Willem Jan van der Veen

Betty Meyboom-de Jong

Part 6 International perspective and the future

227

(46)

Activities of the general practitioner: are they important?

229

(10)

Peter Davis

Health status of the elderly in the future: demography, epidemiology and prevention

239

(8)

Nancy Hoeymans

Anneke van den Berg Jeths

The need for general practitioners in the Netherlands until 2020: an exploration of demographic and epidemiological changes in general practice

247

(10)

Johan Polder

Ronald Gijsen

Nancy Hoeymans

Rene Poos

Henriette Treurniet

The supply of general practitioners in the Netherlands

257

(8)

Lud van der Velden

Lammert Hingstman

Collecting information in general practice: `just by pressing a single button'?

265

(8)

Robert Verheij

Jouke van der Zee

The future of data collection in general practice in Belgium

273

Viviane van Casteren

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