Table 2 Healthcare utilization per patient and mortality rate in 2012
Variable | Mostly Healthy | Serious Acute Illness but Curable | Stable Chronic | Complex Chronic without Frequent Hospital Admissions | Complex Chronic with Frequent Hospital Admissions | End of Life | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ED visits mean, (SD) | 0.11 | (0.38) | 0.56 | (0.95) | 0.05 | (0.31) | 0.44 | (0.94) | 3.21 | (3.16) | 0.96 | (1.36) | <0.001 |
Specialist Clinic visits mean, (SD) | 2.42 | (3.67) | 8.20 | (7.25) | 2.04 | (4.34) | 8.52 | (11.09) | 24.30 | (19.54) | 27.48 | (23.68) | <0.001 |
Hospital admissions mean, (SD) | 0 | (0) | 1.18 | (0.51) | 0 | (0) | 0.44 | (0.72) | 4.33 | (2.12) | 1.50 | (1.63) | <0.001 |
Mortality rate Number, (%) | 666 | (0.1) | 266 | (0.6) | 286 | (0.2) | 2903 | (3) | 769 | (16) | 982 | (33) | <0.001 |