Regional variations in test requiring patterns of general practitioners in Spain

Figures & data

Table I. Tests/1,000 inhabitants in 2009 in different health care areas. These areas received health services from different Health Care Departments to which the different laboratories participating in the study pertain.

	Health care areas (total population December 2009)
	A (197,029)	B (254,233)	C (274,233)	D (271,218)	E (55,282)	F (372,138)	G (357,267)	H (233,075)
General
Alanine aminotransferase	383	364	350	293	380	209	298	280
Alkaline phosphatase	85	149	54	117	73	75	113	98
Aspartate aminotransferase	169	224	140	107	95	202	298	280
Cholesterol	318	363	337	339	422	215	351	276
Creatinine	511	364	345	324	387	219	311	276
Gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase	156	341	314	106	376	193	249	267
Glucose	524	373	356	350	408	239	368	278
HDL cholesterol	228	239	200	250	306	199	329	207
Potassium	341	167	157	309	203	97	165	135
Total bilirubin	154	139	100	94	143	95	103	56
Triglycerides	317	361	333	338	423	199	348	275
Urea	381	112	91	145	117	212	285	56
Uric acid	313	340	329	173	363	183	293	265
Anemia profile
Iron	102	207	86	89	100	52	185	73
Ferritin	92	146	87	87	118	45	121	110
Transferrin	38	15	59	12	78	10	34	19
Rheumatic profile
C-reactive protein	167	147	54	58	115	110	71	75
Calcium	156	43	284	100	129	44	68	37
Phosphate	85	37	253	95	86	30	40	32
Rheumatoid factor	24	33	57	64	31	26	44	42
Thyroid profile
Free thyroxine	95	110	42	18	68	117	74	42
Thyrotropin	152	140	160	82	226	117	147	100

Table II. Value of the appropriate indicators that measure the number of tests per related tests requested by General Practitioners in different Health Care Departments.

	Health care areas
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Aspartate amino transferase/ Alanine amino transferase	0.435	0.611	0.404	0.372	0.246	0.962	1.000	1.000
Urea / Creatinine	0.725	0.285	0.283	0.455	0.298	0.968	0.918	0.198
Free thyroxine / Thyrotropin	0.587	0.701	0.269	0.255	0.306	1.000	0.504	0.419