Table 2

Distribution of contacts within the primary and secondary sector, use of public health insurance and earned income (data presented as percentage of number of people receiving or providing the activity)*

	Snorers		SA		OHS
	Patients (N=12 045)	Controls (N=48 180)	Patients (N=19 438)	Controls (N=77 752)	Patients (N=755)	Controls (N=2588)
Ambulatory treatment	56^†	26	60^†	25	63^†	27
In-hospital treatment	26^†	10	32^†	10	53^†	13
Medication	83^†	67	85^†	67	95^†	76
Public health insurance	97^†	90	96^†	89	98^†	93
Total transfer income:	42^†	38	49^†	41	78^†	60
Pension	11	10	15	16	25^†	33
Other public transfers	22	21	25	19	47^†	21
Sick pay (public funded)	15	10	15	10	14	10
Labour income	72	70	61	63	39^†	53

↵* Income includes employment income and social transfer payment. People can receive income from more than one type of public transfer, so the sum of the transfers do not add up to all public transfer income.
↵† p<0.0001.
OHS, obesity hypoventilation syndrome; SA, sleep apnoea.