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Table 2 Six-month post-discharge health care utilization related to trauma for different health care services, by educational level

From: Health care utilization and health-related quality of life of injury patients: comparison of educational groups

Characteristic

Total

(N = 2606)

Educational level

p-value

Low

(n = 1249, 47.9%)

Middle

(n = 635, 24.4%)

High

(n = 722, 27.7%)

Outpatient specialist visit, n (%) a

    

0.768

 None

907 (37.0)

435 (38.3)

224 (36.8)

248 (35.2)

 

 1–2 visits

847 (34.6)

385 (33.9)

209 (34.4)

253 (35.9)

 

  ≥ 3 visits

695 (28.4)

317 (27.9)

175 (28.8)

203 (28.8)

 

Mean (SD) number of visits1

3.2 (3.3)

3.4 (3.8)

3.2 (3.3)

3.0 (2.6)

 

Outpatient rehabilitation n (%) b

    

0.281

 None

2215 (90.7)

1012 (89.3)

559 (91.6)

644 (92.1)

 

 1–5 visits

114 (4.7)

60 (5.3)

25 (4.1)

29 (4.1)

 

  ≥ 6 visits

113 (4.6)

61 (5.4)

26 (4.3)

26 (3.7)

 

Mean (SD) number of visits1

12.9 (20.0)

13.3 (20.4)

12.5 (14.4)

12.6 (23.6)

 

General practitioner, n (%) c

    

0.009

 None

1635 (65.6)

795 (67.9)

392 (62.8)

448 (64.3)

 

 1–2 visits

621 (24.9)

259 (22.1)

165 (26.4)

197 (28.3)

 

  ≥ 3 visits

236 (9.5)

117 (10.0)

67 (10.7)

52 (7.5)

 

Mean (SD) number of visits1

2.4 (3.1)

2.6 (3.3)

2.3 (2.5)

2.3 (3.4)

 

Physiotherapist, n (%) d

    

0.986

 None

1093 (45.2)

513 (45.6)

276 (45.6)

304 (44.3)

 

 1–10 visits

687 (28.4)

318 (28.2)

171 (28.3)

198 (28.8)

 

  ≥ 11 visits

638 (26.4)

295 (26.2)

158 (26.1)

185 (26.9)

 

Mean (SD) number of visits1

14.3 (12.4)

14.0 (11.9)

13.9 (11.8)

15.1 (13.5)

 

Psychologist, n (%) e

    

0.518

 None

2396 (93.4)

1127 (92.5)

591 (93.7)

687 (94.6)

 

 1–3 visits

96 (3.7)

51 (4.2)

22 (3.5)

23 (3.2)

 

  ≥ 4 visits

74 (2.9)

40 (3.3)

18 (2.9)

16 (2.2)

 

Mean (SD) number of visits1

7.2 (11.5)

7.5 (11.6)

7.1 (10.4)

6.5 (12.4)

 

Nursing care at home, n (%) f

    

< 0.001

 None

1948 (80.1)

814 (73.1)

520 (84.7)

614 (87.3)

 

 1–8 weeks

255 (10.5)

149 (13.4)

54 (8.8)

52 (7.4)

 

  ≥ 9 weeks

228 (9.4)

151 (13.6)

40 (6.5)

37 (5.3)

 

Mean (SD) number of weeks1

10.9 (8.2)

11.3 (8.2)

10.2 (7.9)

10.6 (8.7)

 
  1. Abbreviations: GP general practitioner, SD standard deviation, IQR inter quartile range
  2. Patients with at least one contact/visit were categorized into low and high health care utilization groups by median split
  3. 1Patients with no contact not included
  4. a73 missing values (2.8%)
  5. a157 missing values (6.0%)
  6. b164 missing values (6.3%)
  7. c114 missing values (4.4%)
  8. d188 missing values (7.2%)
  9. e40 missing values (1.5%)
  10. f175 missing values (6.7%)
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