title: [Utilization of medical services].
abstract: About 90% of all Germans are seeing their doctor at least once a year. Half of the population has consulted a doctor during the past four weeks. More than 95% of the patients have been satisfied with these consultations. On average, a medical practitioner was consulted 11 times a year. Half of the consultations were caused by 20% of population. In most cases, dentists and general practitioners are contacted. More than 90% of the members of the german official health insurance system (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) have a family doctor already today. Annually, 12 working days are lost for illness. The average duration of a stay in hospital is rising with age, from 6 days for the youngest to 28 days for the oldest. For 2/3 of cures, the duration was 4 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bergmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kamtsiuris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013038:Specialization; D014600:Utilization Review