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Table 1 Baseline variables by payment system and in the total sample, at six and twelve years

From: Twelve years with a capitation payment system in Swedish dental care: longitudinal development of oral health

 

N (%)

Age x̄1

Sex %

Education %

Pre-baseline caries % with lesions

years

≥13 years

 ≤ 12 years

0

1–2

 ≥ 3

All

6 years

6299

44

53.2

46.8

33.0

67.0

65.7

25.8

8.5

12 years

5877

43.7

50.5

49.5

30.6

69.4

65.7

25.5

8.8

DCH2

6 years

1675

(26.6)

36.3

53.0

47.0

30.9

69.1

71.9

23.6

4.5

12 years

1650

(28.1)

35.5

57.3

42.7

36.1

63.9

71.6

23.8

4.7

FFS3

6 years

4624

(73.4)

46.8

53.2

46.8

33.7

66.3

63.5

26.6

9.9

12 years

4227

(71.9)

46.8

47.9

52.1

28.5

71.5

63.4

26.2

10.4

  1. 1At baseline
  2. 2New capitation payment system, ‘Dental Care for Health’
  3. 3Traditional fee-for-service payment system