Number and proportion of individuals with at least one event (outpatient visit, inpatient episode and colonoscopy) during the first 2 years following randomisation by arm, screening result and type of resource use, in the Finnish colorectal cancer screening programme
| Event | Screening | Total | Control | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive test result | Negative test result | Non-attender | ||||
| Number of individuals | 2944 | 80 975 | 39 230 | 123 149 | 122 930 | |
| Outpatient visits* | ||||||
| N | 764 | 5705 | 3190 | 9659 | 9136 | <0.001 |
| Per cent | 26.0 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | |
| Inpatient episodes* | ||||||
| N | 243 | 2690 | 1911 | 4844 | 4712 | <0.001 |
| Per cent | 8.3 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | |
| Colonoscopies | ||||||
| N | 339 | 942 | 593 | 1874 | 1559 | <0.001 |
| Per cent | 11.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |
The data includes the calendar years 2004–2010.
*ICD-10 codes C15-C26, D12 and K00-K93.