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Table 1 Characteristics of high user types and subtypes

From: Overutilization of ambulatory medical care in the elderly German population? – An empirical study based on national insurance claims data and a review of foreign studies

 

NHU

HU

HU-types

HU-subtypes

A

B

C

A - -

AB -

ABC

AC-

B--

BC-

C--

Sample size (%)

99,634 (80.9)

23,590 (19.1)

17,552 (14.2)

10,958 (8.9)

6,224 (5.1)

9,859 (8.0)

4,555 (3.7)

2,460 (2.0)

678 (0.6)

2,952 (2.4)

991 (0.8)

2,095 (1.7)

Percentage of high users (%)

0

100

74.4

46.4

26.4

41.8

19.3

10.4

2.9

12.5

4.2

8.9

Mean contacts with practices (SD)

19.9 (12.8)

61.9 (28.1)

70.7 (27.0)

62.9 (30.4)

57.7 (37.5)

66.3 (22.2)

72.2 (23.2)

83.0 (39.5)

76.2 (38.9)

39.2 (7.1)

39.3 (6.8)

30.9 (9.9)

Mean contacted practices (SD)

3.8 (2.3)

9.0 (3.5)

8.8 (3.8)

12.0 (2.3)

10.5 (3.7)

6.3 (2.1)

11.9 (1.9)

13.7 (3.2)

8.0 (1.1)

10.8 (1.2)

11.5 (1.6)

7.1 (1.4)

Multimorbid patients (%)

52,559 (52.8)

19,989 (84.7)

15,664 (89.2)

9,333 (85.2)

4,917 (79.0)

8,665 (87.9)

4,180 (91.8)

2,220 (90.2)

599 (88.3)

2,227 (75.4)

706 (71.2)

1,392 (66.4)

Females (%)

41,297 (41.4)

10,920 (46.3)

8,084 (46.1)

5,184 (47.3)

2,614 (42.0)

4,641 (47.1)

2,153 (47.3)

1,047 (42.6)

243 (35.8)

1,512 (51.2)

472 (47.6)

852 (40.7)

Mean age

[SD]

(Md)

71.7

[6.1]

(70)

73.0

[6.4]

(72)

73.7

[6.6]

(73)

71.7

[5.6]

(70)

71.8

[5.6]

(70)

74.7

[7.0]

(74)

72.4

[5.8]

(71)

72.1

[5.6]

(71)

73.2

[6.1]

(72)

70.7

[5.3]

(69)

70.5

[4.9]

(69)

71.6

[5.7]

(70)

Age ≥ 75 years (%)

28,603 (28.7)

8,849 (37.5)

7,375 (42.0)

3,264 (29.8)

1,899 (30.5)

4,710 (47.8)

1,562 (34.3)

830 (33.7)

273 (40.3)

678 (23.0)

194 (19.6)

602 (28.7)

Nursing care dependents (%)

4,046 (4.1)

2,749 (11.7)

2,630 (15.0)

477 (4.4)

333 (5.4)

2,111 (21.4)

261 (5.7)

155 (6.3)

103 (15.2)

44 (1.5)

17 (1.7)

58 (2.8)

Mean chronic conditions

[SD]

(Md)

3.1

[2.9]

(3)

5.8

[3.3]

(5)

6.2

[3.2]

(6)

5.9

[3.3]

(5)

5.3

[3.3]

(5)

6.0

[3.2]

(6)

6.7

[3.3]

(6)

6.5

[3.3]

(6)

6.0

[3.1]

(6)

4.6

[2.9]

(4)

4.4

[2.8]

(4)

4.0

[2.8]

(4)

  1. NHU non high user, HU high user, SD standard deviation, Md median