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Table 2 Use of dental care before the experiment (2015–2016) by study group

From: How an increase in income affects the use of dental care services among a low-income population: evidence from the Finnish basic income experiment

 

Basic income group

Control group

Difference

P-value

Visiting

    

 Any care, %

62.5

62.5

-0.1

0.957

 Primary care, %

55.5

55.9

-0.4

0.730

 Hospital care, %

6.1

5.3

0.8

0.121

 Private care, %

11.1

10.9

0.2

0.781

Number of visits to

    

 Any care

5.86

5.84

-0.02

0.927

 Primary care

5.03

5.06

-0.03

0.857

 Hospital care

0.14

0.16

-0.02

0.368

 Private care

0.70

0.63

0.07

0.302

Out-of-pocket expenditure

    

 Private care, €

44.49

40.87

3.62

0.445

N

2000

173,222

  
  1. Notes P-values are based on t-tests