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Table 1 Number and change of visits and visitors to GP; total and according to family income

From: Changes in health care utilisation following a reform involving choice and privatisation in Swedish primary care: a five-year follow-up of GP-visits

 

Age mean

 

Visits before

Visits after

Visitors before

Visitors after

Change visits

Change visitors

   

(2 years)

(2 years)

  

n (%)

n (%)

Men 25-44

34.7

n

      

Visits to GP-all

 

166365

237432

261847

91484

95276

24415 (10.3)

3792 (4.1)

 Income below median

 

85643

113878

126929

43402

45621

13051 (11.5)

2219 (5.1)

 Income above median

 

80722

123554

134918

48082

49655

11364 (9.2)

1573 (3.3)

Men 45-64

54.4

       

Visits to GP-all

 

154444

336028

378838

100717

108068

42810 (12.7)

7351 (7.3)

 Income below median

 

75384

177655

195310

49224

52150

17655 (9.9)

2926 (5.9)

 Income above median

 

79060

158373

183528

51493

55918

25155 (15.9)

4425 (8.6)

Men 65-84

72.6

       

Visits to GP-all

 

90190

309857

340047

73379

82331

30190 (9.7)

8952 (12.2)

 Income below median

 

45090

160781

171075

36641

36802

10294 (6.4)

161 (0.4)

 Income above median

 

45100

149076

168972

36738

38450

19896 (13.3)

1712 (4.7)

Women 25-44

34.7

       

Visits to GP-all

 

160983

376175

419338

110827

114475

43163 (11.5)

3648 (3.3)

 Income below median

 

78160

175822

197920

51151

53139

22098 (12.6)

1988 (3.9)

 Income above median

 

82823

200353

221418

59676

61336

21065 (10.5)

1660 (2.8)

Women 45-64

54.5

       

Visits to GP-all

 

153401

470358

517804

115657

121277

47446 (10.1)

5602 (4.9)

 Income below median

 

78558

265618

288359

60308

62654

22741 (8.6)

2346 (3.9)

 Income above median

 

74843

204740

229445

55367

58623

24705 (12.1)

3256 (5.9)

Women 65-84

73.3

       

Visits to GP-all

 

103605

432104

468395

88908

90010

36291 (8.4)

1102 (1.2)

 Income below median

 

51788

225746

238731

44685

44567

12985 (5.8)

−118 (−0.3)

 Income above median

 

51817

206358

229664

44223

45443

23306 (11.3)

1220 (2.8)