Table 3 Health care utilization in an elderly population (≥65 years of age) with and without multimorbidity

Consultations (total)

13.1 (13.7)

4.4 (6.3)

15.7 (14.2)

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By primary care physicians

6.1 (6.7)

1.9 (3.1)

7.4 (7.0)

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By specialists

4.3 (6.4)

1.8 (3.4)

5.1 (6.8)

***

Hospital outpatient visits

2.7 (7.9)

0.7 (3.0)

3.2 (8.8)

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Physician contacts

Face-to-face consultations

8.1 (7.6)

2.9 (4.0)

9.7 (7.8)

***

Phone consultations

0.5 (1.6)

0.1 (0.6)

0.7 (1.8)

***

home visits

0.2 (1.6)

0.0 (0.6)

0.3 (1.8)

***

Different ATCs¹

10.7 (8.3)

2.4 (2.9)

13.3 (7.8)

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Different physicians contacted

Total

2.9 (2.1)

1.5 (1.6)

3.3 (2.1)

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Different primary care physicians

1.1 (0.7)

0.6 (0.6)

1.2 (0.7)

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Different specialists

1.8 (1.9)

0.9 (1.3)

2.1 (1.9)

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Hospitalisations²

1.5 (0.9)

1.2 (0.5)

1.5 (0.9)

***

Length of hospital stay²

13.9 (20.9)

7.9 (18.3)

14.3 (21.0)

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Acute hospitals

11.0 (16.0)

6.0 (9.1)

11.3 (16.2)

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Psychiatric hospitals

0.9 (9.6)

0.7 (9.6)

1.0 (9.7)

Others (e.g. rehabilitations)

2.0 (8.6)

1.2 (12.6)

2.0 (8.3)

***