Table 5 Mean annual utilization of healthcare services by patients with polypharmacy, by sex and age group
M [SD] | Female 1101 (68.9%) | Male 497 (31.1%) | p | Age ≤ 75 155 (9.7%) | Age > 75 1443 (90.3%) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total annual healthcare contacts | 28.9 [22.0] | 33.4 [30.3] | 0.01 | 37.0 [29.0] | 30.0 [24.3] | < 0.01 |
Primary care | ||||||
N ≥ 1 contact (%)* | 1090 (99.0%) | 491 (98.8%) | 0.71 | 154 (99.4%) | 1,427 (98.9%) | 0.59 |
Total annual primary care contacts | 25.1 [19.4] | 27.6 [24.8] | 0.18 | 28.0 [22.7] | 25.7 [21.1] | 0.43 |
Contact type | ||||||
Medical | 24.7 [19.1] | 27.4 [24.8] | 0.12 | 27.4 [22.2] | 25.3 [20.9] | 0.47 |
Administrative | 1.9 [5.0] | 2.8 [5.9] | 0.03 | 2.0 [5.2] | 2.2 [5.3] | 0.81 |
Laboratory | 1.4 [1.9] | 1.2 [1.8] | 0.04 | 1.5 [1.9] | 1.3 [1.9] | 0.13 |
Mode of contact | ||||||
In person | 20.8 [15.1] | 23.4 [19.1] | 0.04 | 25.2 [21.1] | 21.25 [15.9] | 0.11 |
Home visit | 2.9 [7.0] | 3.2 [11.3] | 0.07 | 1.6 [4.9] | 3.2 [8.8] | < 0.01 |
Telephone | 1.4 [5.3] | 1.2 [3.3] | 0.78 | 1.2 [5.0] | 1.4 [4.8] | 0.01 |
Professional contacted | ||||||
Physician | 12.4 [9.7] | 12.4 [8.3] | 0.55 | 13.7 [10.4] | 12.3 [9.1] | 0.34 |
Nurse | 8.6 [9.9] | 10.6 [17.7] | 0.53 | 10.2 [14.2] | 9.1 [12.7] | 0.93 |
Physiotherapist | 0.4 [2.5] | 0.4 [2.2] | 0.79 | 0.5 [2.7] | 0.4 [2.4] | 0.80 |
Social worker | 0.3 [1.2] | 0.2 [0.9] | 0.10 | 0.1 [0.4] | 0.3 [1.2] | 0.09 |
Dentist | 0.03 [0.30] | 0.03 [0.28] | 0.80 | 0.02 [0.18] | 0.03 [0.30] | 0.97 |
Paediatrician | 0.02 [0.41] | 0.01 [0.11] | 0.50 | 0 [0] | 0.02 [0.36] | 0.39 |
Midwife | 0.01 [0.12] | 0.00 [0.05] | 0.05 | 0.03 [0.20] | 0.01 [0.09] | 0.14 |
Hospital care | ||||||
N ≥ 1 contact (%)* | 708 (64.3%) | 365 (73.4%) | < 0.01 | 123 (79.4%) | 965 (66.9%) | < 0.01 |
Total annual hospital care contacts | 3.8 [5.6] | 5.8 [9.8] | < 0.01 | 8.8 [12.7] | 4.0 [6.2] | < 0.01 |
Contact type | ||||||
External consultations | 2.7 [4.1] | 4.2 [5.7] | < 0.01 | 6.1 [6.8] | 3.0 [4.4] | < 0.01 |
Emergency department | 0.7 [1.3] | 0.8 [1.5] | 0.30 | 1.0 [1.6] | 0.7 [1.3] | < 0.01 |
Day hospital care | 0.2 [1.4] | 0.6 [4.0] | 0.20 | 1.4 [6.2] | 0.2 [1.6] | < 0.01 |
Hospitalization | 0.2 [0.5] | 0.3 [0.7] | 0.15 | 0.3 [0.8] | 0.2 [0.5] | 0.06 |
Non-primary-care, non-hospital-care users | ||||||
N (%) | 11 (1.0%) | 5 (1.0%) | 0.99 | 1 (0.6%) | 15 (1.0%) | 0.64 |