Finland: healthcare services for mental health by education 2018

This statistic shows the share of people using healthcare services due to mental health problems in the last 12 months in Finland in 2018, by level of education. According to the results of the survey, nine percent of all respondents had used healthcare services due to mental health issues within the last year. With ten percent, the share of people with higher education level using mental healthcare services was one percent higher than the average.

Share of people using healthcare services due to mental health problems in the last 12 months in Finland in 2018, by level of education

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Release date

May 2019

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2018

Number of respondents

10,000 respondents

Age group

20 years and older

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased as follows: "'Oletteko käynyt mielenterveydellisten tai päihteiden käyttöön liittyvien ongelmien takia 12 viime kuukauden aikana:". Kysymyspatterin alakysymyksinä esitettiin: a) terveyskeskuksessa, työterveyshuollossa tai opiskeluterveydenhuollossa, b) mielenterveystoimistossa tai psykiatrian poliklinikalla, c) A-klinikalla, katkaisuhoidossa tai muussa päihdehoidossa, d) yksityisvastaanotolla (lääkäri, psykologi tai muu), e) psykiatrisessa tai muussa sairaalassa, f) muussa hoitopaikassa missä? Vastausvaihtoehdot olivat: 1) en, 2) kyllä, mielenterveydellisten ongelmien vuoksi, 3) kyllä, päihteiden käyttöön liittyvien ongelmien vuoksi. Tarkastelussa ovat yhteen tai useampaan alakysymykseen vaihtoehdon 2) kyllä, mielenterveydellisten ongelmien vuoksi vastanneet."

The source provides the following information: "Information is collected by a mail and online questionnaire.
The respondents are at least 20 years old and have permanent residency in Finland. There is no upper age limit.
The questionnaire is sent to people drawn by random sampling from the data of the Population Register Centre.
The questionnaire form is available in Finnish, Swedish, Russian and English. The survey is carried out annually at the national level (sample size 10,000). This allows processing the findings only on the national level, not by any smaller regions.
Once every four years, the sample size is expanded to enable following the changes by counties at a rough level (sample size 3,300/county)."

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