Health problems of people with intellectual disabilities in Dutch out-of-hours primary care.

Background: Little is known about the health needs of people with intellectual disabilities who access out-of-hours primary care services, raising concerns about accessibility and quality of care for this group. This study aims to identify commonly presented health problems of people with intellectual disabilities in this specific setting compared with the general population.

Method: Cross-sectional study with routine data at two out-of-hours cooperatives with a total of 41,166 persons aged 20-65 requesting outof-hours primary care in 2014, of which 315 persons were identified as having an intellectual disability.

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.