Table 4 Use of hospital outpatient care in people with MS during the 10-year period distributed by department: number and proportion of users, mean (sd), median (IQR) and range of contacts

Total

120 (99)

106 (86)

72 (47–149)

9–543

Neurology

117 (97)

39 (31)

30 (16–50)

1–160

Medical service and radiology

103 (85)

5 (4)

4 (2–6)

1–23

Rehabilitation

92 (76)

42 (66)

18 (5–42)

1–350

Emergency

83 (69)

5 (6)

3 (1–7)

1–34

Urology

67 (55)

13 (16)

7 (4–17)

2–59

Ophthalmology

65 (54)

4 (4)

3 (1–6)

1–15

Obstetrics and gynecology

63 (52)

5 (5)

4 (1–6)

1–23

Surgery

61 (50)

7 (14)

3 (1–6)

1–79

Medicine

56 (46)

5 (7)

3 (1–6)

1–40

Orthopedics

50 (41)

4 (5)

2 (1–4)

1–30

Ear, nose and throat

30 (25)

2 (2)

2 (1–3)

1–9

Dermatology

21 (17)

2 (1)

1 (1–3)

1–4

Oncology

19 (16)

13 (17)

5 (2–23)

1–56

Geriatrics

17 (14)

5 (10)

2 (1–4)

1–41

Infection

13 (11)

5 (8)

1 (1–6)

1–30

Gastroenterology

11 (9)

7 (12)

2 (1–9)

1–33

Psychiatry

10 (8)

11 (19)

2 (1–31)

1–40

Endocrinology

8 (7)

3 (3)

2 (1–3)

1–10

Other^a

56 (46)

14 (17)

7 (2–22)

1–71