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Table 2 Gender disparities that favoured women in ACSC rates in Finland

From: Trajectory modelling of ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Finland in 1996–2013: assessing the development of equity in primary health care through clustering of geographic areas – an observational retrospective study

 

SRR [CI 95%]

RD [CI 95%]

ACSC rates

1996

2013

1996

2013

Vaccine-preventable

2.17 [2.10–2.23]

1.81 [1.77–1.85]

577 [552–602]

492 [472–512]

Chronic

1.55 [1.53–1.57]

1.35 [1.32–1.38]

1227 [1184–1270]

331 [308–353]

Acute

1.22 [1.19–1.25]

1.05 [1.02–1.08]

148 [127–168]

32 [15–48]

  1. [Legend] The decrease in disparities in the annual trends of RDs and SRRs were statistically significant (p-value < 0.0001) in every subgroup
  2. SRR = standardised rate ratios
  3. RD = rate difference (RD)
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