Table 2 Health care use the year before and the year after admission by age
Age (years) | 65–74 | 75–84 | > 85 | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Partial budget nursing home N | 654 | 3002 | 6748 | 10,404 | ||||||||
All types N | 1007 | 4373 | 9507 | 14,887 | ||||||||
Before | After | Before and after | Before | After | Before and after | Before | After | Before and after | Before | After | Before and after | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Partial budget | ||||||||||||
General practitioner | 86.7 | 91.5 | 80.9** | 94.4 | 95.4 | 91.5* | 96.0 | 95.7 | 93.0 | 94.9 | 95.4 | 91.8 |
Physical therapist | 31.1 | 54.6 | 25.4*** | 42.8 | 61.5 | 35.1*** | 44.1 | 66.7 | 36.4*** | 42.9 | 64.4 | 35.3*** |
All types | ||||||||||||
Ophthalmologist | 21.4 | 21.8 | 8.0*** | 29.9 | 26.0 | 13.3*** | 29.3 | 24.6 | 13.2*** | 28.9 | 24.9 | 12.9*** |
Cardiologist | 18.2 | 17.9 | 6.8*** | 27.3 | 20.7 | 10.6*** | 27.8 | 21.8 | 11.5*** | 27.0 | 21.2 | 10.9*** |
Neurologist | 16.6 | 10.3 | 5.3*** | 17.8 | 10.2 | 5.6*** | 8.3 | 4.9 | 1.7*** | 11.7 | 6.8 | 3.1*** |
Dermatologist | 5.4 | 4.9 | NA | 7.7 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 2.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 1.9 |
Rheumatologist | 2.3 | 2.0 | NA | 6.1 | 2.4 | 1.1*** | 5.4 | 2.1 | 0.9*** | 5.4 | 2.2 | 0.9*** |
Gastroenterologist | 7.3 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 1.4** | 4.5 | 3.3 | 0.5*** | 5.3 | 4.0 | 0.9*** |
Psychiatrist/Neuropsychiatrist | 12.7 | 10.3 | 5.9* | 8.2 | 6.1 | 3.0*** | 2.6 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 1.7** |
Pulmonologist | 4.4 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 1.3 |
Endocrinologist | 2.7 | 1.7 | NA | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.6*** | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.4*** | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.5*** |
Nephrologist | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
Dentist | 18.1 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 9.5 | 20.7 | 20.1 | 8.3 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 8.6 |