Table 4 Number of service users, annual number of contacts and costs per person for all individuals among everyone in the sample and by multimorbidity group

Direct Medical Care

  Primary care (polyclinic doctor)

1,082 (42 %)

2.4 (0.2)

S$231 (19)

3.0 (0.2)

S$303 (29)

2.3 (0.5)

S$202 (42)

1.1 (0.5)

S$81 (12)

  Restructured hospital doctor

749 (29 %)

2.3 (0.2)

S$692 (55)

3.2 (0.3)

S$1019 (96)

1.3 (0.2)

S$357 (57)

1.6 (0.6)

S$329 (86)

  Other restructured hospital health worker

121 (40 %)

0.5 (0.5)

S$31 (7)

0.7 (0.2)

S$47 (13)

0.3 (0.1)

S$19 (7)

0.1 (0.1)

S$5 (3)

  Private hospital/clinic doctor

655 (27 %)

1.7 (0.1)

S$208 (66)

1.9 (0.1)

S$254 (108)

1.8 (0.2)

S$224 (121)

1.1 (0.2)

S$63 (13)

  Other private health worker

29 (2 %)

0.3 (0)

S$72 (38)

0.5 (0.2)

S$60 (26)

0.2 (0.1)

S$123 (121)

0.2 (0.1)

S$29 (18)

  Dentist

215 (12 %)

0.7 (0.1)

S$369 (151)

0.8 (0.1)

S$146 (36)

0.7 (0.1)

S$940 (511)

0.5 (0.1)

S$101 (45)

  Traditional healer

144 (10 %)

1.8 (0.3)

S$59 (12)

2.4 (0.5)

S$75 (21)

1.3 (0.3)

S$49 (15)

0.8 (0.2)

S$33 (11)

  Hospital days

156 (4 %)

1.6 (0.3)

S$1,692 (339)

2.7 (0.6)

S$2,920 (638)

0.5 (0.2)

S$587 (263)

0.1 (0)

S$93 (46)

  A&E

135 (4 %)

n/a

S$128 (40)

n/a

S$153 (46)

n/a

S$152 (109)

n/a

S$23 (13)

  Medication

2,109 (81 %)

n/a

S$478 (47)

n/a

S$675 (89)

n/a

S$345 (34)

n/a

S$153 (19)

Intermediate and Long-Term Care

  Day care centre

19 (1 %)

1.1 (0.4)

S$49 (16)

1.7 (0.6)

S$75 (29)

0.9 (0.6)

S$34 (22)

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  Respite care, Nursing home

24 (1 %)

1.8 (0.5)

S$381 (107)

2.2 (0.8)

S$484 (169)

1.4 (0.9)

S$298 (188)

1.1 (0.7)

S$231 (155)

Indirect Medical Care

  Travelling

104 (0 %)

n/a

S$94 (10)

n/a

S$131 (18)

n/a

S$66 (13)

n/a

S$36 (9)

  Accompanying

104 (0 %)

n/a

S$240 (20)

n/a

S$325 (36)

n/a

S$181 (24)

n/a

S$102 (15)

Social Care

 ADL (hours) Informal Care

  Dressing

166 (3 %)

13.7 (1.9)

S$248 (34)

22.1 (3.5)

S$398 (63)

4.1 (1.2)

S$83 (26)

5.8 (2.6)

S$101 (44)

  Feeding

248 (5 %)

24.7 (2.8)

S$451 (50)

38.3 (5.1)

S$692 (90)

10.1 (2.3)

S$190 (45)

10.8 (3.6)

S$203 (69)

  Grooming

130 (2 %)

11.7 (2.1)

S$207 (37)

20.6 (4.1)

S$360 (70)

2.2 (0.9)

S$43 (18)

2.5 (1.1)

S$47 (20)

  Toileting

151 (3 %)

15.2 (2.5)

S$275 (44)

25.4 (4.7)

S$462 (83)

3.9 (1.3)

S$75 (26)

4.9 (2.3)

S$82 (39)

  Bathing

167 (3 %)

16 (2.4)

S$298 (48)

23.7 (4.4)

S$441 (87)

9 (2.5)

S$165 (45)

6.1 (2.9)

S$114 (58)

 IADL (hours) Informal Care

  Communication

292 (6 %)

60.2 (9.1)

S$1111 (164)

94.1 (17)

S$1,744 (308)

28.5 (7.5)

S$505 (128)

18.1 (5)

S$340 (93)

  Transportation

94 (2 %)

14.8 (2.7)

S$271 (49)

25.6 (5.2)

S$467 (92)

4.7 (1.6)

S$88 (29)

1.2 (0.7)

S$23 (13)

  Supervision

151 (3 %)

57.1 (14.9)

S$1076 (282)

98.6 (28.5)

S$1,856 (540)

14.6 (6.3)

S$266 (112)

10.5 (6.3)

S$222 (141)

Paid Care

  Paid care (during day time)

309 (0 %)

21.2 (1.7)

S$852 (69)

32.6 (3.1)

S$1,312 (125)

11.3 (2.3)

S$455 (94)

5.6 (1.7)

S$227 (67)

  Paid care (during night time)

189 (0 %)

11.5 (1.3)

S$464 (53)

18.6 (2.5)

S$747 (99)

4 (1.1)

S$162 (46)

4.2 (1.2)

S$168 (49)