The decreasing trend in preventive care was statistically significant ( p = 0.003**; Table 4 ). A statistically highly significant increasing trend was found in radiology for all age groups ( p < 0.001***) through the years.
When studying treatment profiles over patients’ age categories, there was an increasing trend in examinations provided for the 40–64-years-olds ( p = 0.010*), in anaesthesia among the 18–39-year-olds ( p < 0.001***) and the 40–64-year-olds ( p = 0.002**).
In addition, among those in need of treatment there was a decreasing trend in preventive treatment measures per 1000 patients.