Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with numbers of practice visits, referrals and work leaf within 12 months in relation to documented continuous diagnoses (n = 6 are missing; p-values are related to Chi-square test (sex, education), analysis of variance (age) or Kruskal-Wallis test (utilisation measures).
| Permanent diagnoses | Female | Age | Education ≤ 10 years | Practice visits within 12 months | Referrals within 12 months | Periods of disability within 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | n (%) | mean (sd) | n (%) | mean (sd) | mean (sd) | mean (sd) | |
| None | 159 (15.8) | 83 (52.2) | 33.5 (12.3) | 78 (49.1) | 4.4 (4.1) | 1.1 (2.0) | 4.4 (7.8) |
| ≥ 1 mental | 35 (3.5) | 18 (51.4) | 38.6 (9.8) | 26 (74.3) | 23.9 (27.4) | 2.5 (2.4) | 8.1 (11.4) |
| ≥ 1 somatic | 562 (55.9) | 321 (57.1) | 52.9 (17.5) | 372 (66.2) | 13.6 (10.6) | 3.9 (4.0) | 6.4 (23.1) |
| ≥ 1 mental and ≥ 1 somatic | 249 (24.8) | 166 (66.7) | 52.7 (15.7) | 183 (73.5) | 24.6 (22.8) | 5.3 (5.0) | 11.6 (29.0) |
| All patients | 1005 (100) | 588 (58.5) | 49.3 (17.7) | 659 (65.6) | 15.2 (16.3) | 3.8 (4.2) | 7.5 (23.12) |
| p-value | 0.004 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | |