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Table 1 The study population by covariates and outpatient health care use in 2016 (n = 91,737)

From: Frequent attenders of three outpatient health care schemes in Finland: characteristics and association with long-term sickness absences, 2016–2018

 

n

%

Sex

 Male

46,773

51.0

 Female

44,964

49.0

Age group

 25–34

27,797

30.3

 35–44

24,876

27.1

 45–54

21,711

23.7

 55–64

17,353

18.9

Marital status

 Married

44,793

48.8

 Unmarried

35,450

38.6

 Divorced / separated / widowed

11,494

12.5

Educational level

 Upper tertiary

17,413

19.0

 Lower tertiary

26,631

29.0

 Secondary

38,565

42.0

 Basic

9128

10.0

Occupational class

 Upper non-manual employee

21,672

23.6

 Lower non-manual employee

26,103

28.5

 Manual worker

15,737

17.2

 Entrepreneur

5586

6.1

 Other

22,639

24.7

Entitlement to reimbursement of medicine expenses

 No

74,078

80.8

 Yes, 1 disease

13,836

15.1

 Yes, multiple diseases

3823

4.2

Scheme use and overlap in 2016

 Only Public

19,701

21.5

 Only OHS

17,564

19.1

 Only Private

3572

3.9

 Used all schemes

7038

7.7

 Public + OHS

15,417

16.8

 Public + private

6709

7.3

 OHS+ private

5351

5.8

 No use

16,385

17.9

All

91,737

100.0