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Table 2 Characteristics of the patients according to the use of medical healthcare resources

From: Medical healthcare use in Parkinson's disease: survey in a cohort of ambulatory patients in Italy

 

Hospital admissions

ER admissions

Specialist visits

GP visits

P

resources used, n

29

31

74

42

 

patients, n (%)

25 (19.2)

29 (22.3)

54 (41.5)

35 (26.9)

 

resources/patient, mean (range)

1.2 (1–3)

1.1 (1–2)

1.4 (1–3)

1.2 (1–3)

 

patient characteristics

     

age (years)

71.0 ± 9.4 (45–86)

68.1 ± 9.0 (47–83)

68.6 ± 9.1 (45–85)

72.9 ± 7.7 (54–85)

Ns

age at onset of PD (years)

64.3 ± 9.4 (40–84)

58.7 ± 7.3* (42–72)

62.0 ± 8.6 (40–80)

64.1 ± 7.5 (50–78)

0.037

PD duration (years)

6.7 ± 3.5 (2–20)

9.4 ± 3.8# (2–20)

6.6 ± 3.7 (1–24)

8.8 ± 4.6 (1–24)

0.004

H&Y stage

2.8 ± 0.9 (I-IV)

3.0 ± 1.0 (I-IV)

2.5 ± 1.0 (I-IV)

3.0 ± 1.0 (I-IV)

Ns

  1. Data are means ± SD (min-max), unless otherwise indicated.
  2. * = P < 0.05 vs GP visits; # = P < 0.05 vs specialist visits.