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Table 2 The number of people, the number of hospital stays and the number of contacts with outpatient care in the 1-3 years following inclusion in the total sample and for each subgroup with 0, 1, 2 or ≥3 hospital stays in the first year, and the proportion accounted for by each subgroup

From: Hospital and outpatient clinic utilization among older people in the 3-5 years following the initiation of continuing care: a longitudinal cohort study

 

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

 

Npeople

(% of total)

Nhospital

stays

(% of total)

Ncontacts with

physicians in

outpatient care

(% of total)

Npeople

(% of total)

Nhospital

stays

(% of total)

Ncontacts with

physicians in

outpatient care

(% of total)

Npeople

(% of total)

Nhospital

stays

(% of total)

Ncontacts with

physicians in

outpatient care

(% of total)

Total sample

1079 (100)

1014 (100)

10850 (100)

833 (100)

661 (100)

7771 (100)

676 (100)

380 (100)

5457 (100)

0 hospital stay

612 (56.7)

0 (0.0)

4763 (43.9)

518 (62.2)

302 (45.7)

4248 (54.7)

437 (64.6)

202 (53.2)

3041 (55.7)

1 hospital stay

217 (20.1)

217 (21.4)

2456 (22.6)

151 (18.1)

118 (17.8)

1578 (20.3)

118 (17.5)

75 (19.7)

1137 (20.8)

2 hospital stays

110 (10.2 )

220 (21.6)

1334 (12.3)

68 (8.2)

60 (9.1)

727 (9.3)

56 (8.3)

33 (8.7)

442 (8.1)

≥3 hospital stays

140 (13.0)

577 (57.0)

2297 (21.2)

96 (11.5)

181 (27.4)

1218 (15.7)

65 (9.6)

70 (18.4)

837 (15.3)