The predictive role of sickness absence spell durations in associations with inpatient- and specialized outpatient care among a population-based Swedish twin sample

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics across inpatient and specialized outpatient care episodes vs. no care (i.e. no inpatient or specialized outpatient care)

	Inpatient care (n = 8385)		Outpatient care (n = 20,743)		No care (n = 3901)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Categorized SA spell duration*
0 days	6723	80	17,279	83	3493	90
≤ 30 days	859	10	2006	10	284	7
31–90 days	360	4	718	3	69	2
91–180 days	155	2	295	1	26	1
≥ 181 days	288	3	447	2	29	1
Sex (women)	3446	41	8309	40	1025	26
Age
16–24	755	9	3765	18	742	19
25–34	667	8	3352	16	887	23
35–44	705	8	2619	13	782	21
44–54	1190	14	3359	16	768	20
55–64	2143	26	3920	19	465	12
≥ 65 years	2894	35	3657	18	163	4
Education
Low (≤9 years)	2994	36	5637	27	890	23
Intermediate (10–12 years)	3020	36	8419	41	1776	47
High (≥13 years)	1846	22	6026	29	1098	29
Family situation
Married or cohabitant without children	3502	42	6180	30	623	16
Married or cohabitant with children	864	10	3126	15	803	21
Single without children	3930	47	11,157	54	2349	62
Single with children	58	1	209	1	32	1
Type of living area
Big cities	2752	33	7610	37	1221	32
Medium-sized cities	2931	35	7339	36	1398	37
Rural areas	2671	32	5723	28	1188	31

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