Table 1 Characteristics of all identified OOH patients in 2008 and a cohort of frequent attenders established in 2008
Cohort of frequent attenders in 2008 (n = 15,172 patients) | |||||||||||
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All 2008 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
Number of patients who have consulted at least once during the year | 746,241 | 15,172 | 11,508 | 9690 | 8745 | 7859 | 7197 | 6614 | 6196 | 5772 | 5421 |
Percentage frequent attenders of cohort each year | 2.0 | 100.0 | 22.8 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
Percentage frequent attenders of cohort every year since 2008 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 22.8 | 9.9 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Consultations per patient | 1.5 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
Percentage females | 52.5 | 55.7 | 56.8 | 58.1 | 58.8 | 60.3 | 60.6 | 61.1 | 61.3 | 62.0 | 61.6 |
Percentage aged 0–1 in 2008 | 4.4 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.4 |
Percentage aged 2–15 in 2008 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.8 |
Percentage aged 16–69 in 2008 | 66.5 | 59.9 | 61.9 | 65.1 | 67.0 | 69.5 | 71.6 | 72.8 | 73.7 | 74.3 | 76.0 |
Percentage aged 70+ in 2008 | 13.1 | 19.9 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 5.8 |