Table 3 Proportions (%) of the adult population who have used the Public Dental Services or subsidised private services in Finland in 2000 and 2004 by population density.
From: Oral Health Care Reform in Finland – aiming to reduce inequity in care provision
Use of services (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PDS | Subsidised Private | All | |||||||
Municipalities grouped by population density in 2000 | 2000 | 2004 | p-value | 2000 | 2004 | p-value | 2000 | 2004 | p-value |
The ten biggest cities (n = 10) | 14.3 | 17.2 | < 0.001 | 15.5 | 30.0 | < 0.001 | 29.8 | 47.2 | < 0.001 |
Other urban municipalities (n = 56) | 20.0 | 22.6 | < 0.001 | 12.6 | 27.3 | < 0.001 | 32.6 | 49.9 | < 0.001 |
Semi urban municipalities (n = 75) | 26.3 | 28.3 | < 0.001 | 10.3 | 22.2 | < 0.001 | 36.6 | 50.5 | < 0.001 |
Rural municipalities (n = 291) | 31.0 | 31.8 | < 0.001 | 6.8 | 14.1 | < 0.001 | 37.8 | 45.9 | < 0.001 |
All (n = 432) | 21.5 | 23.5 | < 0.001 | 11.8 | 24.6 | < 0.001 | 33.3 | 48.1 | < 0.001 |