Table 3.

Univariate comparisons of need-related characteristics, by primary and specialist health service use

Variable		Primary health service use			Specialist health service use
	All N (%)	Low use (<3 visits) N (%)	High use (≥3 visits) N (%)	P value	Low use (<3 visits) N (%)	High use (≥3 visits) N (%)	P value
Major Depressive Episode	199 (40)	147 (37)	52 (51)	0.016	168 (38)	31 (52)	0.050
Manic or Hypomanic Episode	97 (20)	80 (20)	17 (17)	0.380	84 (19)	13 (22)	0.654
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	129 (26)	93 (24)	36 (35)	0.021	113 (26)	16 (27)	0.901
Panic Disorder	104 (21)	80 (20)	24 (23)	0.513	91 (21)	13 (22)	0.880
Mood Disorder with Psychotic Features	84 (17)	68 (17)	16 (16)	0.698	73 (17)	11 (18)	0.758
Psychotic Disorder	263 (53)	218 (56)	44 (43)	0.021	236 (54)	27 (45)	0.190
Suicidality (moderate/high)	168 (34)	128 (33)	40 (39)	0.232	144 (33)	24 (40)	0.234
Multiple mental disorders (≥2)	240 (48)	179 (46)	61 (59)	0.013	207 (47)	33 (55)	0.267
Less severe cluster of mental disorder	264 (53)	194 (49)	70 (68)	0.001	230 (53)	34 (57)	0.557
Severe cluster of mental disorder	363 (73)	299 (76)	63 (61)	0.002	318 (73)	45 (75)	0.715
Alcohol dependence	121 (24)	95 (24)	26 (25)	0.822	104 (24)	17 (28)	0.443
Substance dependence	288 (58)	217 (55)	71 (69)	0.012	257 (59)	31 (52)	0.293
Any physical illness	453 (91)	355 (90)	98 (95)	0.122	398 (91	55 (92)	0.880
Blood-borne Infectious diseases (HIV/HCV/HBV)	157 (32)	113 (29)	44 (43)	0.009	145 (34)	12 (20)	0.042
Multiple physical illness (≥2)	402 (81)	306 (78)	96 (93)	0.000	353 (81)	49 (82)	0.870
Head injury	270 (56)	211 (56)	58 (57)	0.830	234 (55)	36 (62)	0.322
General Health (fair/poor)	235 (48)	171 (44)	64 (62)	0.001	211 (48	24 (40)	0.222

Bolded p-values indicate significance at p ≤ 0.10.