Use of outpatient and inpatient health care services by occupation-a register study of employees in Oulu, Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to examine how the use of outpatient and inpatient health services differs by occupational groups, and whether the differences are explained by sociodemographic factors and health status.

Methods

We used register-based data on 25-64-year-old employees living in the city of Oulu, Finland, in 2018 (N = 61,848). Use of outpatient health care services (public, private and occupational health care) among men and women was analysed with negative binomial regression models, and use of inpatient health care with logistic regression models, using two occupational classifications: occupational group (1-digit level) and more detailed occupation (2-digit level). Adjusted covariates were age, education, income, marital status, special reimbursement en

SUBMITTER: Rinne H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9066753 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature