Physical activity and healthcare utilization in France: evidence from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) 2014

Table 1 Healthcare utilization, both for the entire population and stratified by age group and physical activity level

HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION		TOTAL (%)			< 65 YEARS (%)			≥ 65 YEARS (%)
		Physical Activity			Physical Activity			Physical Activity
		Low	Moderate	High	Low	Moderate	High	Low	Moderate	High
Non-prescribed medicines	No	78.53	71.98	72.18	76.85	70.64	69.86	82.86	80.51	77.46
Non-prescribed medicines	Yes	21.47	28.02	27.82	23.15	29.36	30.14	17.14	19.49	22.54
Prescribed medicines	No	41.52	46.59	50.96	53.66	53.90	60.17	10.32	17.20	19.61
Prescribed medicines	Yes	58.48	53.41	49.04	46.34	46.10	39.83	89.68	82.80	80.39
Overnight hospitalization	No	84.07	88.85	89.75	86.69	90.39	91.10	77.32	82.65	85.16
Overnight hospitalization	Yes	15.93	11.15	10.25	13.31	9.61	8.90	22.68	17.35	14.84
Day hospitalization	No	85.67	86.72	86.09	85.99	87.09	86.49	84.86	85.23	84.70
Day hospitalization	Yes	14.33	13.28	13.91	14.01	13.51	12.91	15.14	14.77	15.30
Generalist physician services	No	13.77	11.17	12.03	17.87	12.85	13.97	3.27	4.40	5.48
Generalist physician services	Yes	86.23	88.83	87.97	82.13	87.15	86.03	96.73	95.60	94.52
Specialist physician services	No	51.34	50.85	52.73	55.60	53.50	56.47	40.12	40.03	39.80
Specialist physician services	Yes	48.66	49.15	47.27	44.40	46.50	43.53	59.88	59.97	60.20
Preventive services	No	46.18	47.16	50.89	54.57	57.54	60.19	15.19	15.85	17.98
Preventive services	Yes	53.82	52.84	49.11	45.43	42.46	39.81	84.81	84.15	82.02
Home healthcare services	No	84.67	92.19	93.90	91.29	94.44	95.26	67.72	83.15	89.26
Home healthcare services	Yes	15.33	7.81	6.10	8.71	5.56	4.74	32.28	16.85	10.74

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