Evaluation of the use of health care services for non-communicable disease and prevention by children and adolescents in south Italy

Table 2 Utilization of health care services of overall sample according to the different age groups

	Total		5–10 years		11–14 years		15–18 years
	(n = 891)		(n = 231)		(n = 353)		(n = 307)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Utilization of the general practitioner/family pediatrician	608	68.2	186	80.5	235	66.6	187	60.9
Medical specialist’s visits in the last year	590	66.2	137	59.3	247	69.9	206	67.1
Ophthalmology^a	405	68.6	90	65.7	176	71.3	139	67.5
Dermatology^a	179	30.3	36	26.3	70	28.4	73	35.4
Ortopedic^a	158	26.8	35	25.5	71	28.7	52	25.2
Otolaryngology^a	122	20.6	48	35.1	46	18.6	32	15.7
Preventive care visits in the last year	488	54.8	133	57.6	211	59.8	144	46.9
Ophthalmology^b	337	69.1	76	57.1	151	71.6	110	76.4
Ortopedic^b	74	15.2	15	11.3	38	18.1	17	11.8
Otolaryngology^b	64	13.1	25	18.8	28	13.3	11	7.6
Dermatology^b	51	10.5	9	6.8	22	10.4	20	13.9
Dental visits in the last year	540	60.6	132	57.1	226	64.1	182	59.3
Preventive care dental visits in the last year	72	8.1	8	3.5	21	5.9	43	14.1
Emergency department visits in the last year	114	12.8	32	13.9	38	10.8	44	14.3
Hospitalizations in the last year	42	4.7	10	4.3	15	4.2	17	5.5

^aOnly for children who have at last one specialist visit in the last year (n = 590)
^bOnly for children who have at last one preventive care visit in the last year (n = 488)

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