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. 2017 Aug 28;52(11):1405–1413. doi: 10.1007/s00127-017-1437-2

Table 3.

Incidence rate ratios of contact among patients who had one visit or more

Poisson Outpatient psychiatrist Psychologist GP-MHS Psych. emergency clinic Admissions
Family equivalent incomea IRR p CI N IRR p CI N IRR p CI N IRR p CI N IRR p CI N
 Highest third 1 11,113 1 9033 1 17,638 1 1752 1 1783
 Middle third 0.90 <0.001 0.88 0.91 0.93 <0.001 0.91 0.95 1.00 0.639 0.98 1.02 1.02 0.734 0.91 1.15 1.03 0.614 0.92 1.14
 Lower third 0.83 <0.001 0.81 0.84 0.94 <0.001 0.91 0.96 0.94 <0.001 0.92 0.97 1.06 0.364 0.94 1.14 0.95 0.382 0.84 1.07
Educationa
 12+ years 1 10,659 1 8869 1 17,038 1 1677 1 1709
 years 10–12 0.92 <0.001 0.90 0.93 0.92 <0.001 0.90 0.93 0.99 0.395 0.97 1.01 0.98 0.729 0.87 1.10 1.00 0.988 0.89 1.12
 <10 years 0.75 <0.001 0.74 0.76 0.80 <0.001 0.79 0.82 0.93 <0.001 0.91 0.96 1.06 0.370 0.94 1.19 1.04 0.511 0.92 1.17

Two separate analyses of correlation of income or education with type of mental health service used

Psychiatric emergency clinic includes emergency contacts and admissions up to 1 day

Results significant within a 95% confidence interval are marked in bold

aAdjusted for age, gender, country of origin, cohabitating status, access to vehicle, comorbidity psychiatric, comorbidity somatic

GP-MHS mental health services by general practitioner (talk therapy), Admission MH admission to mental hospital, IRR incidence rate ratio, CI confidence interval, p 0.05