Table 2. Trend analysis for proportion of respondents who reported dental care, medical care, and hospital attendance during the preceding 12 months of interviews by welfare state regime.
| Wave 5 (2013) N (%) |
Wave 6 (2015) N (%) |
Wave 7 (2017) N (%) |
Wave 8 (2019/2020) N (%) |
p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dental care | |||||
| Scandinavian | 3011 (86.2%) | 3014 (86.3%) | 3051 (87.4%) | 2992 (85.7%) | 0.825 |
| Bismarckian | 6592 (71.6%) | 6633 (72.1%) | 6910 (75.1%) | 6887 (74.8%) | <0.001 |
| Southern | 858 (29.4%) | 883 (30.2%) | 968 (33.1%) | 1111 (38%) | <0.001 |
| Eastern European | 2718 (52.5%) | 2775 (53.6%) | 2837 (54.7%) | 2747 (53%) | 0.354 |
| Medical care | |||||
| Scandinavian | 2912 (83.4%) | 3001 (85.9%) | 3013 (86.3%) | 3084 (88.3%) | <0.001 |
| Bismarckian | 8497 (92.3%) | 8545 (92.8%) | 8586 (93.3%) | 8665 (94.1%) | <0.001 |
| Southern | 2618 (89.6%) | 2663 (91.1%) | 2670 (91.3%) | 2737 (93.6%) | <0.001 |
| Eastern European | 4655 (89.8%) | 4767 (92%) | 4768 (92%) | 4845 (93.5%) | <0.001 |
| Hospitalisation | |||||
| Scandinavian | 357 (10.2%) | 406 (11.6%) | 421 (12.1%) | 486 (13.9%) | <0.001 |
| Bismarckian | 1353 (14.7%) | 1445 (15.7%) | 1540 (16.7%) | 1755 (19.1%) | <0.001 |
| Southern | 283 (9.7%) | 298 (10.2%) | 346 (11.8%) | 368 (12.6%) | <0.001 |
| Eastern European | 715 (13.8%) | 756 (14.6%) | 783 (15.1%) | 851 (16.4%) | <0.001 |
a p-values were calculated using Chi-square test for trend