Table 1 Service utilisation characteristics of the heavy and low users of the PDS of Espoo in baseline year 2004 and during the follow-up period 2005–2009
From: Heavy consumption of dental services; a longitudinal cohort study among Finnish adults
Heavy users | Low users | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline n=300 | Follow-up n=258 | Baseline n=314 | Follow-up n=245 | |||
Year 2004 | Per year 2005-2009 | Total 2005-2009 | Year 2004 | Per year 2005-2009 | Total 2005-2009 | |
Mean number of visits including examinations | 0.5 | 0.2*** | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2*** | 1.0 |
Mean number of emergency visits | 1.3 | 0.6*** | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.06*** | 0.3 |
Mean number of other visits to dentist | 5.5 | 1.8*** | 9.0 | 0.3 | 1.04*** | 5.2 |
Mean number of visits to a dentist | 7.3 | 2.6*** | 13.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
Mean number of visits to a dental hygienist | 0.9 | 0.4*** | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
Mean number of all dental visits | 8.2 | 3.0*** | 15.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 7.7 |