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Table 2 Predicted Mean Annual GP Visits, Specialist Visits and Hospital Bed Days by Different Risk Number Profiles Considering All 6 Risk Factors for Individuals 50 & Older

From: Chronic disease risk factors associated with health service use in the elderly

Number of Risk Factors

 

0

1

2

3

4+

Sample Size

 

50

267

377

291

212

Mean number of GP Visits

(95% CI)

AGE 55

5.67

(5.37, 5.97)

5.85

(5.74, 5.97)

6.37

(6.27, 6.47)

6.69

(6.56, 6.82)

7.38

(7.18, 7.59)

 

AGE 65.7

7.17

(6.92, 7.42)

7.36

(7.24, 7.48)

7.95

(7.84, 8.06)

8.45

(8.31, 8.58)

9.31

(9.05, 9.56)

 

AGE 75

8.83

(8.62, 9.04)

9.02

(8.88, 9.17)

9.69

(9.54, 9.84)

10.39

(10.20, 10.57)

11.43

(11.10, 11.77)

Mean number of Specialist Visits

(95% CI)

AGE 55

3.13

(2.89, 3.38)

3.01

(2.86, 3.16)

2.90

(2.75, 3.04)

2.93

(2.75, 3.12)

2.91

(2.65, 3.16)

 

AGE 65.7

4.37

(4.12, 4.63)

4.40

(4.21, 4.58)

4.46

(4.26, 4.66)

4.71

(4.44, 4.99)

4.91

(4.50, 5.32)

 

AGE 75

5.07

(4.82, 5.33)

5.32

(5.11, 5.53)

5.70

(5.43, 5.96)

6.32

(5.93, 6.71)

7.09

(6.43, 7.75)

Mean number of Hospital Bed Days

(95% CI)

AGE 55

1.42

(1.14, 1.70)

1.47

(1.32, 1.62)

1.28

(1.16, 1.40)

0.99

(0.91, 1.08)

0.92

(0.79, 1.05)

 

AGE 65.7

1.69

(1.40, 1.97)

1.82

(1.66, 1.98)

1.84

(1.69, 2.00)

1.93

(1.76, 2.10)

2.29

(2.06, 2.52)

 

AGE 75

2.10

(1.75, 2.45)

2.85

(2.32, 3.37)

3.57

(2.96, 4.18)

4.83

(3.91, 5.74)

7.43

(6.08, 8.77)

  1. * Holding all study participants' age constant at the age specified, education, employment status and region constant at the sample proportions.
  2. Survey weights were applied to get weighted means and corrected standard errors