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Table 2 Association between NCDs and health care utilization

From: Non communicable disease multimorbidity and associated health care utilization and expenditures in India: cross-sectional study

 

0

1

2

3+

Coefficient for number of NCDs

P-value

Outpatient visits

      

Any outpatient visit

0.71

0.84

0.88

0.83

1.55

<0.0001

Number of outpatient visit

2.24

3.22

4.46

6.16

0.28

<0.0001

Inpatient visits

      

Any inpatient visit

0.09

0.15

0.23

0.29

1.59

<0.0001

Number of hospitalisation days

0.06

0.14

0.19

0.33

0.49

<0.0001

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