Doctors make fewer house calls
Doctors in the Netherlands make increasingly fewer house calls, according to health service research body Nivel. In 1987, one in six contacts between a doctor and patient was a house visit; now that figure is one in 11. In particular, the total number of home visits made to patients under 14 years of age has fallen from 53% to 18%.
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