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Table 1 Patient characteristics by health centre area

From: Association of travel time with mental health service use in primary health care according to contact type — a register-based study in Kainuu, Finland

 

Hyrynsalmi

Kajaani

Kuhmo

Paltamo

Puolanka

Ristijärvi

Sotkamo

Suomussalmi

Vuolijoki

N

251

3621

979

372

403

117

1021

712

167

In-person visits

 Mean

20,8

23,5

29,9

45,5

11,5

14,7

23,5

30,0

32,3

 Median

4

7

5

5

5

3

5

6

6

 %

88,4

94,1

90,3

90,6

94,3

93,2

94,2

93,1

92,2

Remote contacts

 Mean

5,1

4,4

4,0

4,4

2,91

2,3

2,5

3,7

2,8

 Median

1

1

1

1

 

1

1

1

1

 %

64,9

65,0

68,4

71,2

64,5

56,4

57,6

52,7

68,3

Home visits

 Mean

5,8

3,8

6,1

1,6

0,8

0,8

5,9

4,6

3,4

 Median

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 %

31,5

13,4

32,9

18,0

13,9

12,8

20,0

31,9

29,3

 Mean age

54,5

43,5

54,7

54,5

54,8

53,3

48,8

53,4

51,8

 Percentage having mental health diseasesa

67,3

72,0

71,9

70,7

55,3

61,5

70,7

65,6

65,3

 Mean travel time (minutes)

8,2

5,9

9,0

8,1

8,4

7,3

9,0

12,1

8,8

  1. aPsychiatric and behavioural diseases related to substance abuse; schizophrenia and delusional diseases; mood disorders; or neurotic, stress-related and somatoform diseases including eating disorders; or sleeping disorders
  2. In-person visits: service in doctor’s or health care personnel’s office
  3. Remote contacts: service via phone, e-mail, internet, text message, video, letter or fax
  4. Home visits: services in patients’ place of residence
  5. The population (N = 7643) consists of patients using primary health care mental health services according to the Finnish Care Register for Health Care in the Kainuu region from 2015–2019 (deceased patients are excluded)