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Characteristics of the study population |
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| N miss |
N |
n |
% |
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|
|
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| Survey |
0 |
7,769 |
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| spring 2004 |
1,393 |
17.93 |
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| autumn 2004 |
1,260 |
16.22 |
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| spring 2005 |
1,343 |
17.29 |
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| autumn 2005 |
1,273 |
16.39 |
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| spring 2006 |
1,218 |
15.68 |
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| autumn 2006 |
1,282 |
16.50 |
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| Socio-economic variables |
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| Age (years) |
0 |
7,769 |
|||
| 18–30 |
1,146 |
14.75 |
|||
| 31–40 |
1,501 |
19.32 |
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| 41–50 |
1,543 |
19.86 |
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| 51–60 |
1,241 |
15.97 |
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| 61–70 |
1,561 |
20.09 |
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| 71–79 |
777 |
10.00 |
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| Gender |
0 |
7,769 |
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| female |
4,508 |
58.03 |
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| male |
3,261 |
41.97 |
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| Per capita income per month (Euro) |
505 |
7,264 |
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| < 600 |
1,659 |
22.84 |
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| 600–800 |
1,582 |
21.78 |
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| 800–1,000 |
1,141 |
15.71 |
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| 1,000–1,300 |
1,363 |
18.76 |
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| > 1,300 |
1,519 |
20.91 |
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| Co-payments |
192 |
7,577 |
|||
| very difficult |
1,765 |
23.29 |
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| somewhat difficult |
2,841 |
37.50 |
|||
| not difficult |
2,971 |
39.21 |
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| Health related variables |
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| Health awareness (HAW) |
38 |
7,731 |
|||
| strong |
3,854 |
49.85 |
|||
| medium |
3,360 |
43.46 |
|||
| little |
517 |
6.69 |
|||
| Self assessed health (SAH) |
36 |
7,733 |
|||
| good |
2,055 |
26.57 |
|||
| medium |
3,961 |
51.22 |
|||
| poor |
1,717 |
22.20 |
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| Chronic disease |
0 |
7,769 |
|||
| yes |
3,817 |
49.13 |
|||
| no |
3,952 |
50.87 |
|||
| Maximum co-payment of 1%a |
0 |
7,769 |
|||
| yes |
1,096 |
14.11 |
|||
| no |
6,673 |
85.89 |
|||
| Outcome variable due to practice charge |
0 |
7,769 |
|||
| effect 'yes' { |
delayed physician visit |
2,075 |
26.71 |
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| avoided physician visit |
1,400 |
18.02 |
|||
| additional physician visit |
1,937 |
24.93 |
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| effect 'no' |
none of the above |
2,357 |
30.34 |
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a accepted by the sickness fund as being chronically sick | |||||
Rückert et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:232 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-232 |
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