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Table 1 Statistics of health care regions

From: A classification-based approach to low back pain in primary care – protocol for a benchmarking controlled trial

 

Public Health Care

Occupational Health Care Enterprises

Region

Population

18–64-year-olds (%)

Physicians (N)

Physiotherapists (N)

Physicians (N)

Physiotherapists (N)

ESSOTE

79,808

57.2

36

12

18

13

EKSOTE

131,764

58.6

58

28

10a

5a

Rovaniemi

62,420

64.9b

35

10

***

***

  1. ESSOTE (Etelä-Savon sosiaali- ja terveystoimi, The South Savo social and health care authority), EKSOTE (Etelä-Karjalan sosiaali- ja terveyspiiri, South Karelia social and health care district)
  2. aThe figures include only those working in EKSOTE’s own occupational health service organization; there are four other occupational health service organizations in the South Karelia county. b15–64-year-olds. (http://tilastokeskus.fi/index.html). ***No occupational health services involved in the study