Table 3 Hospitalization and 6-month post-discharge health care utilization related to trauma for different health care services, by age and educational level
Characteristic | Total | Educational level | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (n = 1249, 47.9%) | Middle (n = 635, 24.4%) | High (n = 722, 27.7%) | |||
Hospitalization, n (%) a | |||||
 25–44 years | 106 (35.7) | 23 (50.0) | 43 (41.7) | 40 (27.0) | 0.005 |
 45–64 years | 397 (42.6) | 152 (45.1) | 125 (41.4) | 120 (40.8) | 0.490 |
  ≥ 65 years | 757 (58.1) | 493 (59.3) | 120 (57.1) | 144 (55.0) | 0.438 |
Outpatient specialist visits, n (%) b | |||||
 25–44 years | 179 (60.9) | 27 (60.0) | 58 (56.9) | 94 (63.9) | 0.526 |
 45–64 years | 620 (67.2) | 221 (67.4) | 200 (67.3) | 199 (67.0) | 0.994 |
  ≥ 65 years | 743 (60.3) | 454 (59.4) | 126 (60.3) | 163 (62.7) | 0.649 |
Outpatient rehabilitation, n (%) c | |||||
 25–44 years | 32 (10.7) | 11 (25.0) | 13 (12.6) | 8 (5.3) | 0.001 |
 45–64 years | 68 (7.3) | 32 (9.4) | 19 (6.3) | 17 (5.8) | 0.150 |
  ≥ 65 years | 127 (10.5) | 78 (10.4) | 19 (9.3) | 30 (11.9) | 0.659 |
General practitioner visits, n (%) d | |||||
 25–44 years | 103 (34.0) | 18 (38.3) | 38 (36.2) | 47 (31.1) | 0.558 |
 45–64 years | 317 (34.0) | 102 (30.1) | 107 (35.3) | 108 (37.4) | 0.135 |
  ≥ 65 years | 437 (34.7) | 256 (32.6) | 87 (40.3) | 94 (36.6) | 0.087 |
Physiotherapist visits, n (%) e | |||||
 25–44 years | 152 (51.5) | 25 (55.6) | 55 (53.9) | 72 (48.6) | 0.601 |
 45–64 years | 528 (57.4) | 181 (54.2) | 167 (56.6) | 180 (61.9) | 0.146 |
  ≥ 65 years | 645 (53.6) | 407 (54.5) | 107 (51.4) | 131 (52.8) | 0.710 |
Psychologist visits, n (%) f | |||||
 25–44 years | 31 (10.3) | 9 (19.1) | 11 (10.5) | 11 (7.2) | 0.066 |
 45–64 years | 57 (6.0) | 30 (8.6) | 13 (4.2) | 14 (4.7) | 0.035 |
  ≥ 65 years | 82 (6.3) | 52 (6.3) | 16 (7.3) | 14 (5.2) | 0.616 |
Nursing care at home, n (%) g | |||||
 25–44 years | 15 (5.0) | 4 (8.5) | 7 (6.7) | 4 (2.7) | 0.172 |
 45–64 years | 118 (12.5) | 53 (15.7) | 35 (11.4) | 30 (10.1) | 0.079 |
  ≥ 65 years | 350 (29.4) | 243 (33.3) | 52 (25.9) | 55 (21.3) | 0.001 |