Socioeconomic differences of the use of health services. Odds ratios adjusted for health, age, sex, and urbanisation grade for children with parents in the lowest SES group (as given in the table). The highest SES group as a reference*
Mother only primary school | Father only primary school | Lowest income quartile | ||||
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OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
*Statistically significant results are shown in bold type. | ||||||
General practitioner | ||||||
Sweden | 0.90 | 0.62 to 1.29 | 1.20 | 0.83 to 1.73 | 1.08 | 0.75 to 1.55 |
Iceland | 0.95 | 0.67 to 1.34 | 0.88 | 0.91 to 1.28 | 0.96 | 0.69 to 1.33 |
Norway | 0.79 | 0.54 to 1.16 | 1.12 | 0.78 to 1.62 | 1.02 | 0.73 to 1.45 |
Finland | 0.91 | 0.62 to 1.33 | 1.03 | 0.69 to 1.54 | 1.54 | 1.01 to 2.16 |
Denmark | 0.63 | 0.39 to 1.02 | 0.88 | 0.61 to 1.27 | 0.75 | 0.53 to 1.07 |
Phone call | ||||||
Sweden | 0.92 | 0.65 to 1.32 | 1.26 | 0.87 to 1.81 | 1.04 | 0.73 to 1.49 |
Iceland | 0.75 | 0.52 to 1.10 | 0.66 | 0.44 to 1.99 | 0.86 | 0.61 to 1.23 |
Norway | 0.75 | 0.52 to 1.12 | 0.72 | 0.49 to 1.07 | 0.89 | 0.63 to 1.27 |
Finland | 0.78 | 0.50 to 1.21 | 0.74 | 0.47 to 1.18 | 0.99 | 0.67 to 1.44 |
Denmark | 0.81 | 0.53 to 1.24 | 0.99 | 0.71 to 1.39 | 1.08 | 0.78 to 1.50 |
Specialist | ||||||
Sweden | 0.77 | 0.52 to 1.14 | 1.10 | 0.75 to 1.62 | 0.83 | 0.56 to 1.24 |
Iceland | 0.88 | 0.60 to 1.28 | 0.80 | 0.54 to 1.18 | 0.84 | 0.59 to 1.20 |
Norway | 0.51 | 0.30 to 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.47 to 1.21 | 0.64 | 0.41 to 1.02 |
Finland | 0.34 | 0.21 to 0.55 | 0.63 | 0.40 to 0.99 | 0.56 | 0.38 to 0.84 |
Denmark | 0.52 | 0.29 to 0.91 | 0.62 | 0.40 to 0.97 | 0.91 | 0.62 to 1.33 |
Hospital | ||||||
Sweden | 1.78 | 0.98 to 3.23 | 1.58 | 0.88 to 2.83 | 0.81 | 0.44 to 1.50 |
Iceland | 1.19 | 0.64 to 2.21 | 1.08 | 0.55 to 2.12 | 0.91 | 0.52 to 1.60 |
Norway | 1.92 | 1.04 to 3.57 | 1.04 | 0.52 to 2.07 | 1.39 | 0.75 to 2.59 |
Finland | 1.39 | 0.67 to 2.91 | 1.37 | 0.66 to 2.83 | 1.55 | 0.87 to 2.66 |
Denmark | 2.22 | 1.15 to 4.33 | 2.02 | 1.12 to 3.64 | 1.21 | 0.68 to 2.17 |