Does risk and urgency of requested out-of-hours general practitioners care differ for people with intellectual disabilities in residential settings compared with the general population in the Netherlands? A cross-sectional routine data-based study

Objectives: To investigate whether people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in residential setting were more likely than people from the general population to request out-of-hours general practitioner (GP) care and whether these requests had a similar level of urgency. Design: Cross-sectional routine data-based study. Setting: Two GP cooperatives providing out-of-hours primary care in an area in the Netherlands. Population: 432 582 persons living in the out-of-hours service areas, of which 1448 could be identified as having an ID. Main outcome measures: GP cooperative records of all contacts... Mehr ...