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Table 4 Mean number of physician visits in somatic outpatient specialist care among those with at least one visit

From: Somatic healthcare utilisation patterns among older people with intellectual disability: an 11-year register study

 

Planned outpatient visits to physician

Unplanned outpatient visits to physician

Year

 

Age 45-54

Age 55-64

Age 65-74

Age 75-84

Age 85-94

Trend p-valueb

Age 45-54

Age 55-64

Age 65-74

Age 75-84

Age 85-94

Trend p-valueb

2002

ID (SD)

1.59 (1.11)

1.74 (1.95)

1.98 (2.10)

1.13 (0.35)

 

0.825

1.71 (1.83)

1.79 (2.94)

1.63 (2.47)

  

0.404

G (SD)

1.85 (1.47)

1.70 (1.23)

1.82 (1.25)

1.83 (1.00)

 

0.529

1.19 (0.49)

1.41 (0.96)

1.23 (0.55)

  

0.069

p-valuea

0.017

0.101

0.574

0.057

  

<0.001

0.309

0.675

   

2003

ID (SD)

1.62 (1.44)

1.72 (2.05)

1.68 (1.19)

1.41 (0.80)

 

0.318

1.78 (2.24)

1.72 (2.64)

1.24 (0.43)

1.20 (0.45)

 

0.945

G (SD)

1.72 (1.72)

1.78 (1.40)

1.73 (1.34)

2.00 (1.43)

 

0.290

1.25 (0.64)

1.22 (0.73)

1.32 (0.64)

1.14 (0.38)

 

0.946

p-valuea

0.093

0.076

0.984

0.147

  

0.014

0.001

0.956

0.802

  

2004

ID (SD)

1.79 (1.85)

1.73 (1.54)

1.61 (1.00)

1.50 (0.99)

 

0.738

1.55 (1.32)

1.70 (3.41)

1.37 (0.82)

1.38 (0.74)

 

0.625

G (SD)

1.80 (1.96)

1.89 (1.96)

1.86 (1.42)

2.06 (1.76)

 

0.022

1.25 (0.58)

1.22 (0.70)

1.42 (0.91)

1.45 (0.52)

 

0.315

p-valuea

0.871

0.254

0.105

0.191

  

0.019

0.010

0.962

0.527

  

2005

ID (SD)

1.68 (1.33)

1.81 (1.69)

1.71 (1.40)

1.72 (1.27)

 

0.835

1.42 (1.01)

1.62 (1.97)

1.34 (0.75)

1.50 (0.84)

 

0.843

G (SD)

1.80 (2.14)

1.89 (1.71)

1.81 (1.38)

1.80 (1.09)

 

0.080

1.26 (0.72)

1.34 (0.81)

1.18 (0.51)

1.11 (0.33)

 

0.901

p-valuea

0.885

0.254

0.131

0.590

  

0.101

0.586

0.219

0.273

  

2006

ID (SD)

1.77 (1.50)

1.95 (2.56)

1.70 (1.47)

1.78 (1.40)

 

0.984

1.40 (0.86)

1.54 (1.67)

1.42 (0.85)

1.50 (0.84)

 

0.948

G (SD)

1.78 (1.88)

2.16 (3.21)

2.16 (2.47)

2.00 (1.37)

 

0.006

1.21 (0.69)

1.28 (0.65)

1.35 (0.97)

1.32 (0.58)

 

0.070

p-valuea

0.441

0.927

0.049

0.195

  

0.009

0.590

0.473

0.657

  

2007

ID (SD)

1.64 (1.32)

1.76 (1.95)

1.63 (1.08)

1.50 (0.77)

 

0.342

1.45 (1.55)

1.49 (1.38)

1.32 (0.93)

1.28 (0.46)

 

0.297

G (SD)

1.85 (1.57)

1.86 (1.87)

2.19 (2.80)

2.59 (4.07)

 

0.134

1.26 (0.73)

1.30 (0.85)

1.21 (0.49)

1.33 (0.55)

 

0.353

p-valuea

0.032

0.104

0.050

0.092

  

0.053

0.076

0.967

0.819

  

2008

ID (SD)

1.49 (0.97)

1.83 (2.03)

1.52 (0.90)

1.75 (1.18)

 

0.203

1.42 (1.01)

1.51 (1.50)

1.34 (0.72)

1.25 (0.51)

 

0.746

G (SD)

2.36 (3.85)

1.89 (2.37)

2.00 (2.22)

2.25 (3.32)

 

0.415

1.30 (0.70)

1.31 (0.90)

1.35 (0.74)

1.28 (0.60)

 

0.722

p-valuea

<0.001

0.571

0.008

0.318

  

0.815

0.132

0.877

0.930

  

2009

ID (SD)

1.51 (0.87)

1.67 (1.15)

1.71 (1.73)

1.72 (1.09)

 

0.453

1.59 (1.74)

1.31 (0.81)

1.47 (1.11)

1.36 (0.59)

 

0.649

G (SD)

1.87 (1.40)

2.03 (2.32)

1.97 (1.57)

2.23 (1.94)

 

0.024

1.27 (0.78)

1.47 (2.10)

1.45 (0.78)

1.45 (1.15)

 

0.034

p-valuea

0.047

0.027

0.001

0.062

  

0.080

0.238

0.495

0.487

  

2010

ID (SD)

1.57 (1.06)

1.72 (1.25)

1.88 (2.06)

1.59 (0.89)

1.80 (1.03)

0.088

1.45 (1.45)

1.46 (1.19)

1.27 (0.60)

1.32 (0.73)

1.20 (0.45)

0.246

G (SD)

2.21 (3.38)

2.20 (3.14)

2.11 (2.15)

2.41 (4.08)

1.71 (1.31)

0.107

1.24 (0.60)

1.28 (0.67)

1.32 (0.80)

1.26 (0.68)

1.00 (0.00)

0.962

p-valuea

0.116

0.006

0.050

0.035

0.449

 

0.173

0.283

0.938

0.753

0.273

 

2011

ID (SD)

1.79 (1.12)

1.85 (1.69)

1.89 (2.13)

1.73 (1.20)

1.71 (1.11)

0.766

1.36 (0.98)

1.45 (1.03)

1.29 (0.76)

1.45 (0.70)

1.00 (0.00)

0.586

G (SD)

1.76 (1.50)

2.25 (3.41)

2.33 (2.82)

2.13 (1.74)

1.86 (0.95)

0.002

1.31 (0.52)

1.28 (0.82)

1.44 (0.94)

1.29 (0.87)

1.33 (0.71)

0.564

p-valuea

0.172

0.049

0.001

0.063

0.544

 

0.489

0.006

0.136

0.025

0.198

 

2012

ID (SD)

 

1.90 (2.40)

1.83 (1.58)

1.59 (1.16)

1.63 (0.81)

0.233

 

1.52 (1.42)

1.45 (1.04)

1.20 (0.46)

1.55 (0.82)

0.821

G (SD)

 

2.01 (1.78)

2.55 (3.20)

2.44 (2.11)

1.72 (1.09)

<0.001

 

1.32 (0.74)

1.29 (0.71)

1.27 (0.57)

1.50 (0.89)

0.695

p-valuea

 

0.005

<0.001

<0.001

0.859

  

0.389

0.043

0.574

0.790

 
  1. aMann–Whitney U-test, bJonckheere–Terpstra test for trend, Bold text = statistically significant, ID = Intellectual disability group, G general population sample, SD standard deviation