Table 2.

Frequency and intensity of physician visits by service provider and labour market status.

Service provider	Labour market status	Visits during the previous twelve months
		None	1	2–4	over 4	Intensity (1)
Public health centre	Employed
	Permanent full-time	57%	23%	18%	3%	0.91
	Permanent part-time	41%	30%	23%	6%	1.33
	Fixed-term full-time	46%	27%	24%	4%	1.18
	Fixed-term part-time	38%	26%	31%	5%	1.52
	Unemployed
	Short-term	32%	28%	33%	7%	1.69
	Prolonged	31%	31%	29%	9%	1.71
	Long-term	38%	18%	31%	13%	1.94
Private physician	Employed
	Permanent full-time	63%	23%	13%	2%	0.73
	Permanent part-time	62%	22%	14%	3%	0.80
	Fixed-term full-time	70%	18%	11%	1%	0.61
	Fixed-term part-time	71%	19%	9%	1%	0.54
	Unemployed
	Short-term	73%	15%	10%	2%	0.59
	Prolonged	75%	14%	10%	2%	0.55
	Long-term	84%	10%	6%	0%	0.29
Occupational health care	Employed
	Permanent full-time	42%	25%	27%	6%	1.41
	Permanent part-time	59%	20%	15%	6%	1.03
	Fixed-term full-time	57%	22%	17%	3%	0.94
	Fixed-term part-time	76%	14%	7%	3%	0.54
	Unemployed
	Short-term	79%	11%	8%	2%	0.47
	Prolonged	91%	4%	3%	2%	0.26
	Long-term	93%	4%	3%	1%	0.16
Hospital outpatient clinic
	Employed
	Permanent full-time	74%	14%	10%	2%	0.56
	Permanent part-time	68%	13%	14%	4%	0.80
	Fixed-term full-time	76%	12%	9%	2%	0.53
	Fixed-term part-time	70%	15%	13%	2%	0.66
	Unemployed
	Short-term	66%	16%	15%	3%	0.78
	Prolonged	64%	15%	17%	5%	0.93
	Long-term	62%	15%	19%	5%	0.99
Dental care	Employed
	Permanent full-time	33%	36%	26%	5%	1.47
	Permanent part-time	32%	33%	28%	7%	1.57
	Fixed-term full-time	44%	30%	22%	5%	1.22
	Fixed-term part-time	44%	32%	18%	6%	1.21
	Unemployed
	Short-term	36%	34%	26%	5%	1.39
	Prolonged	42%	30%	23%	5%	1.30
	Long-term	51%	21%	23%	6%	1.22

(1) Mean frequency assuming that class '2–4' = 3 visits and class 'over 4' = 6 visits.