Table 3: Proportions of patients with different characteristics among private and non-private patients before surgery.

  Period I
n=428 n=65
Period II
n=177 n=31
Period III
n=132 n=351
Variable Private Non-Private Private Non-Private Private Non-Private
Physical work 15.2 28.8 17.2 22.7 15.3 24.8
Leg pain 96.3 96.9 94.9 93.8 93.2 94.0
Lumbar pain 83.8 92.2 85.9 64.5 79.4 75.0
Sick leave 73.9 61.0 53.2 47.8 65.8 60.1
Smoking 26 25 19 3 17 16