Table 4 Mean annual utilization of healthcare services by patients with polypharmacy, according to AMG risk level
M [SD] | High risk 351 (22.0%) | Medium risk 774 (48.4%) | Low risk 473 (29.6%) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total annual healthcare contacts | 44.6 [34.3] | 30.1 [20.5] | 20.1 [16.8] | < 0.01 |
Primary care | ||||
N ≥ 1 contact (%)* | 348 (99.1%) | 767 (99.1%) | 466 (98.5%) | 0.57 |
Total annual primary care contacts | 36.2 [28.4] | 26.1 [18.3] | 17.9 [15.4] | < 0.01 |
Contact type | ||||
Medical | 35.9 [28.2] | 25.6 [18.0] | 17.7 [15.3] | < 0.01 |
Administrative | 3.1 [6.4] | 2.1 [5.1] | 1.7 [4.5] | < 0.01 |
Laboratory | 1.9 [2.5] | 1.3 [1.7] | 1.0 [1.6] | < 0.01 |
Mode of contact | ||||
In person | 27.8 [20.1] | 22.1 [15.5] | 16.1 [13.1] | < 0.01 |
Home visit | 6.1 [14.2] | 2.7 [6.7] | 1.3 [4.0] | < 0.01 |
Telephone | 2.7 [8.6] | 1.3 [3.1] | 0.5 [2.2] | < 0.01 |
Professional contacted | ||||
Physician | 16.9 [12.4] | 12.7 [8.0] | 8.6 [6.5] | < 0.01 |
Nurse | 14.0 [19.0] | 9.0 [10.4] | 6.0 [9.4] | < 0.01 |
Physiotherapist | 0 [0] | 0.7 [3.0] | 0.3 [2.1] | < 0.01 |
Social worker | 0.34 [1.6] | 0.25 [0.95] | 0.18 [0.90] | 0.05 |
Dentist | 0 [0] | 0.05 [0.37] | 0.03 [0.27] | 0.05 |
Paediatrician | 0.04 [0.69] | 0.01 [0.14] | 0.01 [0.10] | 0.75 |
Midwife | 0.02 [0.15] | 0.01 [0.09] | 0.01 [0.08] | 0.25 |
Hospital care | ||||
N ≥ 1 contact (%)* | 307 (87.5%) | 541 (69.9%) | 225 (47.6%) | < 0.01 |
Total annual hospital care contacts | 8.4 [11.3] | 4.1 [5.4] | 2.2 [4.0] | < 0.01 |
Contact type | ||||
External consultations | 5.6 [6.3] | 3.1 [4.2] | 1.7 [3.3] | < 0.01 |
Emergency department | 1.3 [1.7] | 0.7 [1.3] | 0.4 [0.9] | < 0.01 |
Day hospital care | 1.0 [5.1] | 0.1 [0.9] | 0.0 [0.2] | < 0.01 |
Hospitalization | 0.5 [0.9] | 0.1 [0.4] | 0.1 [0.3] | < 0.01 |
Non-primary-care, non-hospital-care users | ||||
N (%) | 2 (0.6%) | 7 (0.9%) | 7 (1.5%) | 0.40 |