Active listing and more consultations in primary care are associated with reduced hospitalisation in a Swedish population

Ranstad, Karin; Midlöv, Patrik; Halling, Anders

doi:10.1186/s12913-018-2908-1

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the population > 15 years of age in Blekinge in 2007 (N = 123,168)

From: Active listing and more consultations in primary care are associated with reduced hospitalisation in a Swedish population

Descriptive 2007 Population > 15 years	Group size		Actively listed		Admitted to hospital		Hospitalisation
Descriptive 2007 Population > 15 years	N =	%	N =	%	N =	%	Total days	Mean days
Listing status in primary care
Passively listed	39,430	32.0	–	–	2704	6.9	25,722	0.65
Actively listed	83,738	68.0	–	–	9099	10.9	97,968	1.17
Consultations, primary care
0 or 1 consultation	95,810	77.8	59,077	61.7	7453	7.8	72,982	0.76
2 or 3 consultations	19,673	16.0	17,332	88.1	2661	13.5	29,699	1.51
4 or 5 consultations	5383	4.4	5108	94.9	1064	19.8	12,430	2.31
6 or 7 consultations	1522	1.2	1457	95.7	372	24.4	4622	3.04
8- consultations	781	0.6	765	97.9	253	32.4	3956	5.07
Type of practice
A, private practice	20,428	16.6	15,798	77.3	1654	8.1	15,982	0.78
B, public practice	102,740	83.4	67,940	66.1	10,149	9.9	107,708	1.05
Sex
Women	61,386	49.8	45,004	73.3	6447	10.5	67,729	1.10
Men	61,782	50.2	38,734	62.7	5356	8.7	55,961	0.91
Age groups
16–19 years	6846	5.6	3777	55.2	182	2.7	2077	0.30
20–39 years	34,067	27.7	17,904	52.6	3571	10.5	25,571	0.75
40–59 years	39,374	32.0	26,176	66.5	2261	5.7	21,197	0.54
60–79 years	33,420	27.1	27,386	81.9	3646	10.9	45,225	1.35
80+ years	9461	7.7	8495	89.8	2143	22.7	29,620	3.13
Individual income
First income quartile	29,588	24.0	18,843	63.7	2948	10.0	36,702	1.19
Second income quartile	30,933	25.1	23,764	76.8	4279	13.8	51,886	1.68
Third income quartile	31,339	25.4	21,415	68.3	2553	8.1	20,703	0.67
Fourth income quartile	31,308	25.4	19,716	63.0	2023	6.5	14,399	0.47
Educational level
Less than 9 years	21,602	17.5	18,034	83.5	3173	14.7	41,848	1.94
Compulsory 9 years	15,956	13.0	10,128	63.5	1135	7.1	12,663	0.79
vCollege degree	54,693	44.4	37,319	68.2	4931	9.0	47,750	0.87
vUniversity degree	30,917	25.1	18,257	59.0	2564	8.3	21,429	0.69
Multimorbidity, all healthcare
RUB 0	48,211	39.1	25,030	51.9	21	4.4	280	0.01
RUB 1	15,315	12.4	10,391	67.8	1224	8.0	5405	0.35
RUB 2	25,242	20.5	18,861	74.7	1603		11,149	0.44
RUB 3	30,566	24.8	25,983	85.0	6629	21.7	62,098	2.03
RUB 4	3233	2.6	2909	90.0	1849	57.2	29,134	9.01
RUB 5	601	0.5	564	93.8	477	79.4	15,622	26.03
Municipality
A	49,931	40.5	27,700	55.5	5164	10.3	53,785	1.08
B	23,286	18.9	15,297	65.7	2269	9.7	24,044	1.03
C	25,405	20.6	21,723	85.5	2338	9.2	25,337	1.00
D	13,697	11.1	10,924	79.5	1107	8.1	11,819	0.86
E	10,849	8.8	8094	74.6	925	8.5	8705	0.80
Population	123,168	100.0	83,738	67.9	11,803	9.6	123,690	1.00

Unadjusted active listing on 31 December 2007 and hospitalisation during 2007 for the population of Blekinge > 15 years of age. RUB Resource Utilization Band; Quartile Four equally sized groups; Municipality Local government area

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