Primary care visits to occupational health physicians and nurses in Finland.

Aims: In Finland, 91% of employer-arranged occupational health services (OHS) include primary care for employees. Occupational health (OH) physicians and OH nurses carry the main responsibility for primary care in OHS. This study analyses work- and health-related factors associated with primary care visits to OH physicians and OH nurses.

Factors associated with visits to occupational health physicians in Finland.

Background: In Finland, employers can offer primary care to employees in addition to obligatory occupational health services (OHS).

Aims: To analyse factors associated with visits to seek primary care from occupational health physicians (OH physicians) and compared with visits to physicians in municipal health centres, private clinics and hospital outpatient clinics.

Methods: The subjects of this population-based cross-sectional survey comprised 1753 randomly selected employed Finns aged 25-64 years covered by OHS including primary care.