Table 1 Description of profiles of diabetes-related and total primary healthcare utilisation of diabetes type II patients
Diabetes-related primary healthcare | Total primary healthcare | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Profile 1 | Profile 2 | Profile 3 | Profile 1 | Profile 2 | Profile 3 | |
‘high utilisation and frequent home visits’(n=393) | ‘low utilisation, GP only’(n=3231) | ‘high utilisation, GP and nurse’ (n=3097) | ‘low utilisation, GP only’(n =2669) | ‘medium-high utilisation, GP and nurse”(n=2929) | ‘high utilisation’ (n=1123) | |
mean (95% CI) | mean (95% CI) | mean (95% CI) | mean (95% CI) | mean (95% CI) | mean (95% CI) | |
Number per year | ||||||
GP contacts | 0.45 (0.34-0.59) | 1.65 (1.30-2.10) | 1.59 (1.27-1.98) | 4.38 (3.84-4.99) | 4.34 (3.65-5.17) | 5.67 (4.37-7.36) |
GP home visits | 1.08 (0.88-1.32) | 0.19 (0.14-0.27) | 0.05 (0.02-0.10) | 0.15 (0.09-0.26) | 0.09 (0.06-0.14) | 3.95 (3.07-5.07) |
GP telephone consultation | 0.95 (0.70-1.30) | 0.28 (0.21-0.38) | 0.30 (0.24-0.39) | 0.81 (0.58-1.11) | 0.86 (0.69-1.08) | 4.15 (3.55-4.85) |
Primary care nurse contacts | 0.41 (0.27-0.63) | 0.09 (0.04-0.21) | 3.48 (3.01-4.03) | 0.08 (0.04-0.20) | 3.75 (3.33-4.23) | 1.15 (0.58-2.31) |
Primary care nurse home visits | 2.71 (2.23-3.29) | 0.00 (0.00-0.01) | 0.69 (0.50-0.94) | 0.00 (0.00-0.01) | 0.02 (0.01-0.04) | 1.27 (0.83-1.94) |
Primary care nurse telephone consultation | 1.99 (1.13-3.50) | 0.01 (0.00-0.03) | 0.68 (0.47-0.98) | 0.01 (0.00-0.03) | 0.60 (0.40-0.91) | 1.26 (0.72-2.23) |
Number of different prescription (ATC4-level) | 4.42 (4.14-4.69) | 3.28 (3.13-3.43) | 3.68 (3.52-3.84) | 6.70 (6.12-7.28) | 7.23 (6.62-7.84) | 13.28 (12.65-13.91) |
Referral to (%) | ||||||
Dietician | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2.5% |
Physiotherapist | 4.3% | 3.3% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 8.6% | 13.7% |
Podiatrist | 1.5% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 4.2% | 2.9% | 2.6% |