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Table 2 Association between consultation visits and frequent attender status (n = 28,233–66,831)

From: Comparing occasional and persistent frequent attenders in occupational health primary care – a longitudinal study

Characteristics

Consultations, all

Physician

Nurse

av.

md

av.

md

av.

md

2014

(n = 28,233)

***

***

***

1-year-FA

4.9

4

3.6

3

0.7

0

2-year-FA

7.7

8

5.6

5

1.1

0

pFA

13.2

11

9.6

9

1.8

1

non-FA

2.9

2

2.3

2

0.4

0

2015

(n = 31,960)

***

***

***

1-year-FA

5.7

5

4.1

4

0.8

0

2-year-FA

10.2

9

7.3

7

1.4

1

pFA

14.3

13

10.6

10

1.8

1

non-FA

2.7

2

2.1

2

0.4

0

2016

(n = 47,981)

***

***

***

1-year-FA

7.8

8

5.5

5

1.2

0

2-year-FA

9.4

9

6.7

6

1.2

0

pFA

12.6

11

9.4

8

1.5

1

non-FA

2.4

2

1.9

1

0.4

0

2014–2016

(n = 66,831)

***

***

***

1-year-FA

13.8

13

9.9

9

2.1

1

2-year-FA

26.4

25

19.0

19

3.6

2

pFA

40.0

37

30.0

28

5.1

3

non-FA

4.0

3

3.1

2

0.6

0

  1. One-way ANOVA –test, av. = average, md = median, p < 0.001 in all values
  2. FA status was defined as the top decile of attenders (frequent attender 10%, FA10)
  3. 1-year-FA = Patients that were in the top decile of attenders in one of the study years (2014, 2015 or 2016)
  4. 2-year-FA = Patients that were in the top decile in any two study years (2014, 2015 or 2016)
  5. pFA = Patients that were in the top decile in all three study years (2014, 2015 and 2016)
  6. non-FA = Patients that were never in the top decile were considered as a reference group, non-frequent attenders