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Table 2 Number of chronic conditions and body systems affected in the study’s population and sub-groups

From: The impact of multiple chronic diseases on hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions

 

All hospitalizations

Non-ACSC hospitalizations

Hospitalizations for ACSC

p

Number of hospitalizations

1 975 542

1 886 302

89 240

 

Average number of chronic conditions

2.07

1.98

3.93

0.008

Number of chronic conditions (% of column)

    

 At least 1

76.3

75.2

100.0

 

 At least 2

51.7

50.0

88.0

 

 At least 3

33.4

31.7

69.7

 

 At least 4

20.3

18.9

50.4

 

Average number of body systems

1.53

1.49

2.50

0.004

Number of additional body systems (% of column)

    

 At least 1

76.3

75.2

100.0

 

 At least 2

44.9

43.3

78.4

 

 At least 3

21.0

19.9

43.7

 

 At least 4

7.7

7.2

18.6