The Share of Those Provided With Insufficient Doctor's Appointment Services, Percentage of Those Needing the Services
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The indicator shows the percentage of people aged 20 or over who would have needed doctor's appointment services but were unable to get the services or provided with insufficient services. Based on the question: Do you feel you received enough of the following health care services in the previous 12 months? The items in the battery of questions included doctor's appointment services. The response options were 1) I have not needed it, 2) I would have needed it, but did not receive the service, 3) I have used the service but it was not adequate, 4) I have used the service and it was adequate.
Numerator
Number of responses to options '2' or '3'.
Denominator
Total number of responses excluding responses to option '1'.
Exclusions
Excludes responses to option '1'.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Sex (male, female, combined); Municipality, region, the well-being services county, hospital district, whole country
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Healthy Finland Survey (THL)