Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of frequent attender 10% (FA10), high cost 10% (HC10) and patients in both categories (FAHC) compared with non-frequent attender and non-high cost users (non-FAHC), N = 31,960

From: High cost or frequent attender – both spend resources, but are they linked to work disability? A cohort study from occupational health primary care in Finland

 

FA10

n = 3617

HC10

n = 3449

FAHC

n = 2361

non-FAHC

n = 27,255

Characteristics

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

 Male

1811

50

1622

47

1120

47

15,994

59

 Female

1806

50

1827

53

1241

53

11,261

41

Age

 18–34

840

23

654

19

505

22

8158

30

 35–44

908

25

828

24

589

25

6502

24

 45–54

983

27

1032

30

666

28

7288

27

 55–68

886

25

935

27

601

26

5307

19

Company size

 0–10

227

6

304

9

139

6

3851

14

 11–50

862

24

861

24

547

23

7735

28

 51–250

1111

31

1054

31

756

32

6752

25

  > 250

1417

39

1230

36

919

39

8917

33

Professionals visited in 2015 *

 Doctor

3609

100

3436

100

2358

100

24,790

91

 Nurse

2068

57

1512

44

1290

55

7804

29

 Physiotherapist consultation

1489

41

1073

31

931

39

2726

10

 Psychologist consultation

232

6

274

8

186

8

737

3

 Specialist consultation

901

25

998

29

713

30

1939

7

OH collaborative negotiation

 No

3294

91

3150

91

2105

89

27,032

99

 Yes

323

9

299

9

256

11

223

1

Permanent disability pension (2016–2017)

49

1

52

2

43

2

96

0

Industry

 Manufacturing

1398

39

1070

31

864

37

8304

31

 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

313

9

358

10

198

8

3054

11

 Professional, scientific and technical activities

183

5

193

6

123

5

1610

6

 Public administration and defense; compulsory social security

346

10

305

9

231

10

2043

7

 Human health and social work activities

433

12

417

12

294

12

2461

9

 Others

944

26

1106

32

651

28

9783

36

  1. The results of the study are presented according to the latest industry classification system from 2008 that is based on the Statistical classification of economic activities (NACE Rev. 2)
  2. *A patient might have visited more than one professional