Provision of General Health Services for Outpatients in Rural Areas According to Age and Sex of Patients (Case Study of Selected Health-Care Units)

The article contains the analysis of selected findings of researches on the frequency of visits in general medical departments of selected health-care units. The author presents distributions of frequency of clinical consultations and home calls according to the sex of patients. The value of the mean number of clinical consultations and home calls was estimated for specific age groups of men and women. Apart from that the author presents the structure of patients and the total number of consultations provided for them according to their age. This made possible estimation of the time allocated by physicians for elderly people.Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 zostało dofinansowane ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej naukę