Table 2.
Health services use, by age and type of service
| Type of service | Unit | 0–11 years | 12–17 years | ≥ 18 years | Overall | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | SD | Persons with ≥ 1 contact, in % | N | Mean | SD | Persons with ≥ 1 contact, in % | N | Mean | SD | Persons with ≥ 1 contact, in % | N | Mean | SD | Persons with ≥ 1 contact, in % | ||
| Inpatient services | |||||||||||||||||
| Psychiatric or psychosomatic inpatient care | Days in previous 12 months | 67 | 0.13 | 0.72 | 4.48 | 122 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.82 | 196 | 2.38 | 13.14 | 7.14 | 385 | 1.24 | 9.44 | 4.68 |
| Non-psychiatric inpatient care | 67 | 0.16 | 0.95 | 2.99 | 122 | 0.16 | 1.01 | 3.28 | 196 | 0.31 | 1.77 | 5.10 | 385 | 0.24 | 1.44 | 4.16 | |
| Inpatient rehabilitation centre | 67 | 2.62 | 7.80 | 11.94 | 122 | 0.80 | 4.04 | 4.10 | 196 | 0.25 | 2.49 | 1.02 | 385 | 0.84 | 4.41 | 3.90 | |
| Other hospital-based services | |||||||||||||||||
| Emergency department | Days in previous 12 months | 67 | 0.48 | 1.05 | 19.40 | 122 | 0.11 | 0.53 | 4.92 | 196 | 0.43 | 1.37 | 13.78 | 385 | 0.34 | 1.12 | 11.95 |
| Outpatient clinic | 67 | 1.52 | 6.38 | 17.91 | 122 | 1.30 | 5.60 | 12.30 | 195 | 1.26 | 4.73 | 16.41 | 384 | 1.32 | 5.32 | 15.36 | |
| Day care unit | 67 | 1.73 | 12.26 | 5.97 | 122 | 1.15 | 12.68 | 0.82 | 195 | 1.01 | 9.21 | 3.59 | 384 | 1.18 | 10.94 | 3.13 | |
| Outpatient services | |||||||||||||||||
| General practitioner | Visits in previous 12 months | 65 | 0.34 | 1.35 | 7.69 | 121 | 1.12 | 2.31 | 26.45 | 193 | 3.99 | 4.81 | 73.58 | 379 | 2.45 | 4.03 | 47.23 |
| Paediatrician | 65 | 3.29 | 3.09 | 75.38 | 120 | 2.23 | 3.54 | 50.00 | 195 | 0.31 | 1.73 | 5.13 | 380 | 1.43 | 2.92 | 31.32 | |
| Adult psychiatrist | 66 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 1.52 | 122 | 0.21 | 1.85 | 2.46 | 193 | 1.89 | 5.16 | 27.98 | 381 | 1.03 | 3.92 | 15.22 | |
| Child and adolescent psychiatrist | 64 | 0.97 | 3.55 | 17.19 | 121 | 1.02 | 2.79 | 22.31 | 196 | 0.47 | 3.65 | 4.59 | 381 | 0.73 | 3.39 | 12.34 | |
| Psychotherapist (for adults) | 66 | 0.61 | 3.08 | 9.09 | 122 | 1.31 | 6.39 | 7.38 | 192 | 3.54 | 9.74 | 19.79 | 380 | 2.26 | 8.01 | 13.95 | |
| Psychotherapist (for children) | 66 | 0.97 | 3.82 | 9.09 | 122 | 1.07 | 5.97 | 5.74 | 195 | 0.27 | 2.10 | 2.05 | 383 | 0.64 | 4.02 | 4.44 | |
| Centre for social paediatrics | 66 | 0.33 | 1.09 | 10.61 | 122 | 0.13 | 0.56 | 5.74 | 195 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 1.03 | 383 | 0.11 | 0.58 | 4.18 | |
| Psychiatric outpatient clinic | 65 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 1.54 | 121 | 0.13 | 1.12 | 2.48 | 195 | 0.27 | 1.83 | 2.56 | 381 | 0.18 | 1.46 | 2.36 | |
| ASD outpatient clinic | 65 | 1.57 | 3.45 | 38.46 | 120 | 2.93 | 8.55 | 28.33 | 194 | 1.53 | 3.85 | 22.16 | 379 | 1.98 | 5.75 | 26.91 | |
| Dentist/Orthodontist | 65 | 2.55 | 2.70 | 67.69 | 119 | 3.71 | 4.24 | 76.47 | 191 | 2.00 | 2.57 | 58.64 | 375 | 2.64 | 3.30 | 65.87 | |
| Ophthalmologist/Optician | 65 | 0.68 | 1.08 | 30.77 | 121 | 0.91 | 1.53 | 34.71 | 195 | 0.57 | 1.35 | 21.03 | 381 | 0.70 | 1.37 | 27.03 | |
| ENT specialist/Hearing aid audiologist | 65 | 0.52 | 1.74 | 13.85 | 121 | 0.28 | 1.35 | 6.61 | 195 | 0.47 | 1.33 | 14.87 | 381 | 0.42 | 1.41 | 12.07 | |
| Non-physician practitioner services | |||||||||||||||||
| Speech therapy | Visits in previous 12 months | 63 | 23.43 | 25.90 | 50.79 | 121 | 6.10 | 16.86 | 12.40 | 195 | 2.29 | 11.71 | 4.62 | 379 | 7.02 | 18.09 | 14.78 |
| Occupational therapy | 64 | 27.56 | 25.55 | 62.50 | 122 | 7.48 | 17.54 | 18.03 | 195 | 4.32 | 14.21 | 12.82 | 381 | 9.23 | 19.26 | 22.83 | |
| Physiotherapist | 65 | 9.57 | 21.06 | 24.62 | 121 | 8.50 | 18.95 | 19.83 | 194 | 7.28 | 21.54 | 18.04 | 380 | 8.06 | 20.63 | 19.74 | |
| Prescription medication | Previous 4 weeks | 67 | – | – | 17.91 | 122 | – | – | 36.07 | 196 | – | – | 44.39 | 385 | – | – | 37.14 |