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Description of municipalities having low, middle and high rates of private gynaecologist visits, Finland 1999. |
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| Low <0.242 |
Middle 0.242–0.333 |
High >0.333 |
Total |
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| Number of municipalities |
285 |
109 |
58 |
452 |
| Number of women 20–64 years |
558058 |
514861 |
472230 |
1545149 |
| Mean number of women 20–64 years |
1958 |
4724 |
8142 |
3418 |
| Median number of women 20–64 years |
1186 |
1639 |
1617 |
1289 |
| Age-adjusted rate of private gynaecologist visits per 100 women1) |
16.4 |
29.1 |
39.3 |
27.6 |
| Age-adjusted rate of public gynaecologist visits per 100 women1) |
33.1 |
32.9 |
34.1 |
33.3 |
| Age-adjusted rate of total gynaecologist visits per 100 women1) |
49.4 |
62.0 |
73.3 |
60.8 |
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1) The number of visits and women aged 20–64 years were pooled in each category (low, middle, high). | ||||
Hemminki et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:27 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-27 |
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