Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland.
BMC Fam Pract. 2021 Feb 20;22(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s12875-021-01377-0.
General practice plays a central role in the Irish health system. This study aimed to determine a baseline estimate of the number of consultations completed in general practice in Ireland annually to facilitate evidence-based healthcare planning.
A survey was emailed to all 3378 individual members of the Irish College of General Practitioners in February 2020 asking each practice to report on consultations by general practitioners and practice nurses occurring on the previous day of practice.
A total of 507 practices responded to the survey, reporting 34,594 general practitioner consultations and 13,161 nurse consultations on one day. Extrapolating this figure nationally, we estimate 21,353,731 GP consultations and 7,749,615 practice nurse consultations occur in Ireland annually. An Irish person visits their GP an estimated 4.34 times a year and the average consultation time is 13.7 min.
This study shows that over 29.1 million consultations take place in Irish general practice every year. Innovative interventions to increase the capacity of general practice are needed to ensure high-quality care continues to be accessible in Ireland.
全科医疗在爱尔兰的医疗体系中发挥着核心作用。本研究旨在确定爱尔兰每年完成的全科医疗咨询次数的基线估计数，以促进循证医疗规划。
2020 年 2 月，向爱尔兰全科医生学院的 3378 名个体成员发送了一份电子邮件调查，要求每个诊所报告前一天全科医生和执业护士的咨询情况。
共有 507 家诊所对调查做出了回应，报告了 34594 次全科医生咨询和 13161 次护士咨询。根据这一数字推断全国情况，我们估计爱尔兰每年有 21353731 次全科医生咨询和 7749615 次执业护士咨询。爱尔兰人每年大约看 4.34 次全科医生，平均每次咨询时间为 13.7 分钟。
本研究表明，爱尔兰的全科医疗每年进行的咨询超过 2910 万次。需要创新干预措施来提高全科医疗的能力，以确保在爱尔兰继续提供高质量的医疗服务。
