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. 2023 Dec 6;23:1364. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10158-7

Table 5.

Comparations by sex of the number of health services during six months before the pandemic’s beginning, six months after the lockdown, and six to twelve months after the lockdown

Differences 6 months before − 6 months after lockdown (N = 654,954) Difference 0–6 and 6–12 months after lockdown
(N = 649,702)
Six months before
Mean ± SD
0–6 months after lockdown
Mean ± SD
N p-value 0–6 months after lockdown
Mean ± SD
6–12 months after lockdown
Mean ± SD
N p-value
No. of visits Nursing,
 At health centre or by telephone (ordinary care) 4.01 ± 4.68 3.51 ± 4.20 215247 < 0.001 3.84 ± 4.46 3.55 ± 3.92 182840 < 0.001
 At home (ordinary care) 6.66 ± 9.86 6.17 ± 9.43 15422 < 0.001 4.83 ± 8.07 3.81 ± 7.69 24735 < 0.001
 At health centre (continuous care) 2.01 ± 2.76 1.76 ± 2.43 14046 < 0.001 2.04 ± 2.97 1.77 ± 2.43 12442 < 0.001
 At home (continuous care) 2.21 ± 3.17 2.29 ± 4.92 1981 < 0.001 2.30 ± 5.23 1.69 ± 3.7 2563 < 0.001
No. of visits General practitioner
 At health centre or by telephone (ordinary care) 4.81 ± 4.33 4.90 ± 4.73 420597 < 0.001 5.03 ± 4.81 4.56 ± 4.1 395165 < 0.001
 At home (ordinary care) 3.26 ± 3.43 2.56 ± 2.79 3892 < 0.001 1.84 ± 1.99 0.98 ± 2.11 19978 < 0.001
 At health centre (continuous care) 1.81 ± 1.70 1.76 ± 1.83 34347 < 0.001 2.05 ± 2.29 1.73 ± 1.6 29544 < 0.001
 At home (continuous care) 1.72 ± 1.42 1.35 ± 0.63 2199 < 0.001 1.43 ± 0.74 0.86 ± 1.25 3211 < 0.001
No. of visits to other professionals
 Physiotherapist 6.32 ± 6.66 4.31 ± 4.91 2358 < 0.001 4.54 ± 5.05 3.40 ± 4.77 3444 < 0.001
 Midwife 3.15 ± 3.53 3.46 ± 3.47 4523 < 0.001 3.08 ± 3.11 2.96 ± 3.38 5540 0.023
 Dentist 2.04 ± 1.59 2.18 ± 1.57 1550 < 0.001 2.14 ± 1.57 1.26 ± 1.52 2001 0.007
 Social worker 2.60 ± 2.67 3.04 ± 3.45 1616 < 0.001 2.98 ± 3.53 2.28 ± 3.14 2127 < 0.001
No. of visits to Specialised care
 First consultation 1.43 ± 0.81 1.49 ± 0.88 15195 < 0.001 1.46 ± 0.85 0.55 ± 0.84 37795 < 0.001
 Successive consultations 2.55 ± 2.18 2.49 ± 2.31 126843 < 0.001 2.58 ± 2.38 2.25 ± 2.14 118422 < 0.001
No. of visits to the emergency department 1.73 ± 1.41 1.64 ± 1.31 23950 < 0.001 1.67 ± 1.36 1.66 ± 1.28 19970 0.587
Hospital
 No. of admissions 1.25 ± 0.65 0.23 ± 0.64 27239 < 0.001 0.27 ± 0.69 1.27 ± 0.65 27529 < 0.001
 No. of days stay 22.62 ± 158.71 21.69 ± 156.14 4339 0.034 18.03 ± 80.77 22.35 ± 124.33 5292 0.001
ICU
 No. of admissions 1 ± 0 1.06 ± 0.25 15 0.317 1.04 ± 0.20 1 ± 0 24 0.317
 No. of days stay 65.26 ± 64.17 57.20 ± 64.08 15 0.575 31.50 ± 22.72 41.91 ± 30.30 24 0.014

No. Number; SD Standard deviation; ICU Intensive care unit; Bold values indicate statistically significant results.