Table 3.
Health care utilization among children and adolescents aged 0-17 years by survey design and data collection mode (prevalence rates).
| Health care utilization | Survey designa | Data collection modea | ||||||||||||
| Single-mode design | Sequential MMbdesign | Concurrent MMbdesign | Preselect MMbdesign | SAQ-Webc (crude) | SAQ-paperd (crude) | SAQ-Webc (adjustede) |
SAQ-paperd (adjustede) |
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| n (%) | n (%) | Pf | n (%) | Pf | n (%) | Pf | n (%) | n (%) | P | n (%) | n (%) | P | ||
| Medical care use | ||||||||||||||
| Any doctor (children aged 0-13 years; past 12 months)g | 970 (91.3) | 804 (92.7) | .31 | 935 (91.8) | .74 | 645 (91.5) | .93 | 594 (95.3) | 2760 (91.05) | <.001 | 594 (92.2) | 2760 (91.69) | .75 | |
| Pediatric services (children aged 0-13 years; past 12 months)g | 970 (70.0) | 803 (71.6) | .46 | 935 (72.0) | .34 | 645 (71.6) | .48 | 593 (80.9) | 2760 (69.16) | <.001 | 593 (70.9) | 2760 (71.47) | .75 | |
| Pediatric services (adolescents aged 14-17 years; past 12 months)h | 205 (35.6) | 147 (35.4) | .96 | 155 (29.0) | .18 | 159 (35.8) | .96 | 164 (34.1) | 502 (34.1) | .99 | 164 (33.8) | 502 (34.2) | .92 | |
| Orthodontic services (adolescents aged 14-17 years; past 12 months)h | 332 (40.4) | 260 (37.3) | .45 | 281 (39.5) | .83 | 288 (44.4) | .31 | 295 (39.7) | 865 (40.7) | .75 | 295 (40.3) | 865 (40.5) | .96 | |
aSample sizes are shown in Table 1.
bMM: mixed-mode.
cSAQ-Web: self-administered Web-based questionnaire.
dSAQ-paper: self-administered paper-based questionnaire.
eAdjusted for age of the child (adolescent, parent); sex of the child (adolescent); relationship to the child (parent); household income (adolescent, parent); parental education (adolescent, parent); adolescent education (adolescent); region (adolescent, parent); municipality size (adolescent, parent); and parental marital status (parent).
fTested against single-mode control group.
gProxy-reported by parents of children and adolescents aged 0-17 years.
hSelf-reported by adolescents aged 11-17 years.