Table 2 Health service utilisation in the last 12 months for participants in the BDBP Study (n = 306)
Health Service | Freq | TOTAL n = 306 | MRHT (Pre-pandemic) n = 41 | UHL (Containment) n = 57 | SVUH (Level 2) n = 77 | SJUH (Level )5 n = 67 | UHK (Level 3) n = 64 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital Admission | 0 | 65% | 71% | 67% | 64% | 65% | 61% | 0.914 |
1 | 21% | 12% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 22% | ||
2–3 | 11% | 12% | 5% | 7% | 17% | 16% | ||
4–6 | 2% | 5% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 2% | ||
7 + | 1% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 0% | ||
Out-Patient Department | 0 | 59% | 46% | 51% | 58% | 61% | 72% | 0.05 |
1 | 17% | 12% | 18% | 23% | 17% | 13% | ||
2–3 | 19% | 24% | 28% | 16% | 15% | 13% | ||
4–6 | 3% | 15% | 4% | 0% | 3% | 0% | ||
7 + | 3% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 5% | 3% | ||
Emergency Department | 0 | 49% | 66% | 46% | 51% | 47% | 41% | 0.198 |
1 | 24% | 12% | 30% | 25% | 26% | 23% | ||
2–3 | 22% | 15% | 21% | 21% | 24% | 28% | ||
4–6 | 3% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | ||
7 + | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 5% | ||
Injury Unit | 0 | 92% | 100% | 88% | 90% | 91% | 94% | 0.317 |
1 | 6% | 0% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 6% | ||
2–3 | 2% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 0% | ||
4–6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
7 + | < 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | ||
Out-of-Hours (OOH) GP | 0 | 74% | 78% | 75% | 77% | 72% | 69% | 0.670 |
1 | 14% | 10% | 14% | 14% | 19% | 14% | ||
2–3 | 10% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 14% | ||
4–6 | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | ||
7 + | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
General Practitioner (GP) | 0 | 10% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 18% | 6% | 0.005 |
1 | 19% | 12% | 14% | 28% | 15% | 22% | ||
2–3 | 37% | 27% | 46% | 30% | 49% | 30% | ||
4–6 | 17% | 24% | 14% | 18% | 11% | 19% | ||
7 + | 17% | 29% | 19% | 13 | 8% | 23% | ||
Public Health Nurse | 0 | 83% | 83% | 84% | 82% | 82% | 86% | 0.977 |
1 | 6% | 2, 5% | 1, 2% | 4, 5% | 7, 11% | 5, 8% | ||
2–3 | 5% | 1, 2% | 5, 9% | 4, 5% | 5, 8% | 1, 2% | ||
4–6 | 2% | 2, 5% | 2, 4% | 3, 4% | 0, 0% | 0, 0% | ||
7 + | 3% | 2, 5% | 1, 2% | 2, 3% | 0, 0% | 3, 5% | ||
Allied Health Professional | 0 | 75% | 66% | 79% | 72% | 77% | 81% | 0.418 |
1 | 8% | 5% | 2% | 15% | 9% | 6% | ||
2–3 | 10% | 17% | 7% | 11% | 11% | 6% | ||
4–6 | 6% | 12% | 11% | 3% | 2% | 5% | ||
7 + | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% |