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. 2021 Feb 3;21:115. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06124-w

Table 1.

The use of primary healthcare services among young people by year and psychological distress (population weighted)

Health service Psychological distress Mean number of consultations per youth (95% CI)
Year
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Average, by distress
School nurse or doctor High level 1.41 (1.34, 1.48) 1.38 (1.31, 1.45) 1.47 (1.38, 1.56) 1.48 (1.42, 1.54) 1.52 (1.46, 1.59) 1.46 (1.43, 1.49)
Low level 0.62 (0.58, 0.67) 0.63 (0.59, 0.67) 0.64 (0.61, 0.67) 0.73 (0.69, 0.77) 0.79 (0.74, 0.85) 0.69 (0.66, 0.71)
Youth health centers High level 0.72 (0.67, 0.76) 0.64 (0.58, 0.70) 0.63 (0.60, 0.67) 0.65 (0.61, 0.70) 0.65 (0.55, 0.75) 0.66 (0.63, 0.69)
Low level 0.25 (0.22, 0.27) 0.21 (0.19, 0.23) 0.21 (0.20, 0.23) 0.26 (0.23, 0.28) 0.26 (0.24, 0.28) 0.24 (0.23, 0.25)
Psychologist High level 1.22 (1.15, 1.28) 1.2 (1.16, 1.24) 1.19 (1.15, 1.24) 1.13 (1.1, 1.17) 1.11 (1.08, 1.14) 1.16 (1.14, 1.18)
Low level 0.21 (0.20, 0.23) 0.22 (0.20, 0.23) 0.21 (0.20, 0.22) 0.25 (0.24, 0.25) 0.26 (0.24, 0.28) 0.23 (0.22, 0.24)
Family doctor High level 2.20 (2.12, 2.28) 2.25 (2.20, 2.29) 2.24 (2.18, 2.30) 2.25 (2.15, 2.34) 2.22 (2.18, 2.26) 2.23 (2.20, 2.26)
Low level 1.48 (1.44, 1.53) 1.51 (1.45, 1.56) 1.45 (1.42, 1.49) 1.53 (1.46, 1.59) 1.58 (1.48, 1.68) 1.51 (1.48, 1.55)
Out-of-hours primary healthcare service High level 1.06 (0.99, 1.13) 1.12 (1.08, 1.17) 1.01 (0.97, 1.06) 1.02 (0.98, 1.05) 1.04 (1.00, 1.09) 1.05 (1.03, 1.07)
Low level 0.70 (0.68, 0.72) 0.76 (0.73, 0.78) 0.70 (0.68, 0.73) 0.75 (0.74, 0.77) 0.80 (0.76, 0.83) 0.74 (0.73, 0.76)
Average, by year 3.64 (3.54, 3.74) 3.76 (3.62, 3.90) 3.64 (3.56, 3.72) 3.95 (3.86, 4.05) 4.13 (3.99, 4.27)