Proportion of Those Who Used Health Services Because of Mental Health Problems (%), Age 75 and Over (2018)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The indicator shows the proportion (%) of Finnish people aged 75 and over who have used health services during the last 12 months among respondents to the FinSote postal survey. The survey contained the following question about health service use because of mental health problems: In the past 12 months, have you visited any of the following services because of mental health issues or substance abuse problems? The services included in the question were: 1) a health centre, occupational health care or student health care, 2) a mental health clinic or psychiatry outpatient clinic, 3) an A-Clinic, detoxification or other substance abuse treatment, 4) a private practice (doctor, psychologist, etc.), 5) a psychiatric or other hospital, 6) other place of care. The options were no; yes, because of mental health problems; yes, because of substance abuse problems.
Numerator
Number of people aged 75 and older who indicated using health services because of mental health problems in the previous 12 months.
Denominator
Total number of survey responses
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Sex (male, female, combined); Age (65 years and older); Municipality, region, the well-being services county, hospital district, whole country
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
National FinSote Survey (THL)