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Table 1 Utilization of healthcare services during 12 months

From: Healthcare service utilization patterns and patient experience in persons with spinal cord injury: a comparison across 22 countries

  

Clusters

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Total

AU, ZA, USa

JP, KRa

CH, DE, LT,

NL, NOa

CNa

FR, GR, IT,

MA, ESa

ID, PLa

BRa

MY, THa

ROa

Mean

Min/Max

Mean

Min/Max

Mean

Min/Max

Mean

Min/Max

Mean

Mean

Min/Max

Mean

Min/Max

Mean

Mean

Min/Max

Mean

No visits to any provider, %

3.9

0.1/ 33.6

1.6

0.5/3.1

3.0

0.7/5.3

0.5

0.2/1.0

33.6

2.3

0.1/5.2

10.0

8.4/11.7

0.3

2.5

1.0/3.9

0.9

Relative share of providers among all providers, %

 Primary care physician / GP

17.8

8.5/31.4

17.3

16.3/18.8

9.4

8.5/10.3

22.3

17.4/31.4

12.0

17.5

12.2/23.7

25.5

23.5/27.5

17.4

11.2

9.8/12.5

18.8

 PRMb / SCI physician

15.5

7.0/28.2

12.5

8.1/16.5

22.6

17.6/27.6

8.6

7.0/10.1

23.1

16.0

13.4/17.9

9.8

7.1/12.4

19.3

27.9

27.7/28.2

16.7

 Other specialist physician

11.3

4.0/22.2

8.9

5.6/11.8

14.1

12.3/15.9

12.1

11.5/12.9

4.0

13.4

9.4/22.2

13.3

10.4/16.2

6.2

8.1

6.4/9.9

12.2

 Nurse of midwife

6.8

1.2 /12.5

7.5

5.4/9.5

7.6

3.5/11.7

3.8

1.2/4.6

5.7

7.0

4.7/9.3

11.6

10.7/12.5

7.8

9.2

7.0/11.5

3.8

 Dentist

8.4

0.6/16.6

8.6

4.8/11.8

9.1

7.6/10.6

14.8

12.9/16.6

0.6

7.5

4.2/9.9

5.2

2.9/7.5

5.6

4.3

3.8/4.8

4.9

 Physiotherapist

12.9

6.6/19.3

11.3

10.1/12.2

11.8

11.2/12.4

14.1

11.0/16.2

6.6

13.0

10.3/15.2

10.8

7.8/13.8

19.3

13.3

13.3/13.3

17.2

 Chiropractor

0.7

0.0/2.8

1.5

0.2/2.5

0.7

0.6/0.7

0.6

0.0/1.2

2.8

0.8

0.2/1.2

0.0

0.0/0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1/0.1

0.0

 Occupational therapist

4.6

0.0/10.5

7.4

5.6/8.8

5.4

4.2/6.6

5.0

3.3/6.7

0.0

1.3

0.9/1.8

1.5

1.2/1.8

10.5

8.3

8.1/8.5

6.8

 Psychologist

2.8

0.2/10.6

3.1

2.7/3.8

0.7

0.4/1.1

2.6

2.1/3.2

0.2

2.7

1.6/13.7

3.4

2.5/4.3

10.6

1.9

1.9/1.9

2.7

 Alternative therapist

2.4

0.8/6.6

2.0

1.3/2.6

2.2

1.6/2.9

2.7

1.6/3.3

3.4

1.8

1.0/3.8

2.3

0.8/3.8

0.9

5.1

3.6/6.6

1.5

 Pharmacist

8.9

0.4/15.0

11.6

9.6/12.6

7.7

7.5/8.0

7.5

1.4/15.0

7.9

13.4

10.2/15.0

4.1

3.8/4.5

0.4

5.9

3.1/8.7

12.8

 Home healthcare worker

4.0

0.0/7.8

6.8

6.0/7.5

5.9

5.5/6.3

5.4

2.6/7.8

0.0

3.3

0.6/4.6

2.8

1.2/4.4

1.7

2.2

1.2/3.1

1.7

Number of inpatient staysc, %

 0 stays

53.7

23.2/74.8

54.9

50.1/58.0

51.8

49.0/54.6

55.2

38.8/68.5

65.0

57.9

41.7/74.8

53.8

51.9/55.7

53.7

49.2

45.3/53.1

23.2

 1 stay

19.3

11.5/33.3

15.5

11.5/19.3

16.7

15.6/17.9

19.5

13.5/26.9

19.0

18.4

13.6/25.2

20.1

18.4/21.8

33.3

23.1

17.1/29.1

16.7

 2 stays

8.9

4.3/27.8

9.2

6.0/11.8

5.3

4.9/5.6

7.3

4.3/9.7

6.7

8.2

5.8/10.3

9.8

9.5/10.2

9.5

8.1

7.8/8.4

27.8

 3 and more stays

8.9

0.5/30.1

13.6

10.8/18.0

7.6

6.6/8.7

7.6

2.6/12.5

9.2

5.4

0.5/12.4

6.6

4.5/8.8

3.5

9.6

7.2/12.1

30.1

  1. a AU – Australia, BR – Brazil, CN – China, FR – France, DE – Germany, GR – Greece, ID – Indonesia, IT – Italy, JP – Japan, LT – Lithuania, MY – Malaysia, MA – Morocco, NL – the Netherlands, NO – Norway, PL – Poland, RO – Romania, ZA – South Africa, KR – South Korea, ES – Spain, CH – Switzerland, TH – Thailand, US – the United States
  2. b PRM – physical and rehabilitation medicine
  3. c Missing values: total: 9.2%, (Cluster) 1: 6.8%, 2: 18.6%, 3: 10.4%, 4: 0.1%, 5: 10.1%, 6: 9.7%, 7: 0%, 8: 10%, 9: 2.2%