Table 6.
Frequency and percentage of women and men that utilised health services during six months before the beginning of the pandemic, six months after the lockdown, and six to twelve months after the lockdown
| 6 months before the lockdown (n = 662,754), |
0–6 months after lockdown (N = 654,954) |
6–12 months after lockdown (N = 649,702) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men, N (%) N = 304,744 |
Women, N (%) N = 358,010 |
P-value | Men, N (%) N = 300,984 |
Women, N (%) N = 353,970 |
P-value | Men, N (%) N = 298,347 |
Women, N (%) N = 351,355 |
P-value | ||
| Nursing visit (Yes %) | ||||||||||
| At health centre or by telephone (ordinary care) | 139,132 (45.2) | 177,055 (49.0) | < 0.001 | 137,074 (44.5) | 175,134 (48.5) | < 0.001 |
118,908 (38.6) |
154,526 (42.8) | < 0.001 | |
| At home (ordinary care) | 11,155 (3.6) | 19,895 (5.5) | < 0.001 | 12,059 (3.9) | 21,257 (5.9) | < 0.001 | 9549 (3.1) | 16,764 (4.6) | < 0.001 | |
|
At health centre (continuous care) |
30,796 (10.0) | 39,699 (11.0) | < 0.001 |
23,436 (7.6) |
27,795 (7.7) |
0.205 |
21,849 (7.1) |
26,623 (7.4) |
< 0.001 | |
| At home (continuous care) | 4871 (1.6) | 6833 (1.9) | < 0.001 | 3803 (1.2) | 5125 (1.4) | < 0.001 | 3479 (1.1) | 4661 (1.3) | < 0.001 | |
| General practitioner (Yes %) | ||||||||||
| At health centre or by telephone (ordinary care) |
224,507 (72.9) |
294,224 (81.5) |
< 0.001 |
210,049 (68.2) |
278,392 (77.1) | < 0.001 |
201,956 (65.6) |
271,690 (75.2) | < 0.001 | |
| At home (ordinary care) | 11,692 (3.8) | 20,487 (5.7) | < 0.001 | 8696 (2.8) | 15,161 (4.2) | < 0.001 | 7907 (2.6) | 13,619 (3.8) | < 0.001 | |
|
At health centre (continuous care) |
52,307 (17.0) | 72,857 (20.2) | < 0.001 | 41,610 (13.5) | 56,113 (15.5) | < 0.001 | 35,780 (11.6) | 49,178 (13.6) | < 0.001 | |
| At home (continuous care) | 5669 (1.8) | 8402 (2.3) | < 0.001 | 4091 (1.3) | 5678 (1.6) | < 0.001 | 3704 (1.2) | 5248 (1.5) | < 0.001 | |
| Visit to other professionals (Yes %) | ||||||||||
| Physiotherapist | 4468 (1.5) | 9892 (2.7) | < 0.001 | 3349 (1.1) | 7313 (2.0) | < 0.001 | 3816 (1.2) | 8264 (2.3) | < 0.001 | |
| Dentist | 5061 (1.6) | 6329 (1.8) | 0.001 | 3405 (1.1) | 4049 (1.1) | 0.561 | 3182 (1.0) | 4245 (1.2) | < 0.001 | |
| Social worker | 3224 (1.0) | 5621 (1.6) | < 0.001 | 2550 (0.8) | 4443 (1.2) | < 0.001 | 2905 (0.9) | 5016 (1.4) | < 0.001 | |
| Specialised care (Yes %) | ||||||||||
| First consultation | 30,339 (9.9) | 39,903 (11.0) | < 0.001 | 22,923 (7.4) | 31,795 (8.8) | < 0.001 | 25,476 (8.3) | 34,685 (9.6) | < 0.001 | |
| Successive consultations | 94,016 (30.5) |
126,321 (35.0) |
< 0.001 | 79,674 (25.9) | 105,922 (29.3) | < 0.001 | 77,998 (25.3) | 105,603 (29.2) | < 0.001 | |
| Visit to the emergency department (Yes %) | 45,077 (14.6) |
59,322 (16.4) |
< 0.001 | 33,174 (10.8) | 43,314 (12.0) | < 0.001 | 32,627 (10.6) | 43,598 (12.1) | < 0.001 | |
| Hospital admissions (Yes %) | 13,167 (4.3) | 14,072 (3.9) | < 0.001 | 13,223 (4.3) | 14,232 (3.9) | < 0.001 | 13,232 (4.3) | 14,297 (4.0) | < 0.001 | |
| ICU admissions (Yes %) | 553 (0.2) | 410 (0.1) | < 0.001 | 400 (0.12) | 251 (0.07) | < 0.001 | 310 (0.10) | 182 (0.05) | < 0.001 | |
ICU Intensive care unit. Bold values indicate that the results are statistically significant.