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Table 2 Bivariate Analyses of Segments versus Hospital Utilization Rates from Year 2013 to 2015

From: Predictive ability of an expert-defined population segmentation framework for healthcare utilization and mortality - a retrospective cohort study

Outcome

Mostly Healthy

Serious Acute

Stable Chronic

Complex Chronic without Frequent Hospital Admissions

Complex Chronic with Frequent Hospital Admissions

End of Life

All

p-value

Total no. of patient days

525,336,500

218,597,459

47,521,470

91,359,758

3,320,804

1,548,823

887,684,814

 

Total ED visit (2013 to 2015)

 Grand Total

70,679

58,964

15,050

75,126

15,734

1726

237,279

 

 No. per 1000 patient days

0.13

0.27

0.32

0.82

4.74

1.11

0.27

 

 Mean (SD)

0.15 (0.62)

0.29 (0.99)

0.34 (1.34)

0.86 (2.25)

4.00 (7.29)

0.88 (1.67)

0.88 (1.22)

< 0.001

 Visited ED (%)

44,065 (9.2%)

31,249 (15.6%)

7121 (16.3%)

28,105 (32.1%)

2808 (71.4%)

780 (39.6%)

114,128 (13.9%)

< 0.001

Total SOC visit (2013 to 2015)

 Grand Total

2,670,226

1,417,950

411,584

1726,201

167,529

85,152

6,478,642

 

 No. per 1000 patient days

5.08

6.49

8.66

18.89

50.45

54.98

7.30

 

 Mean (SD)

5.54 (10.88)

7.06 (14.15)

9.41 (14.94)

19.70 (26.85)

42.57 (42.69)

43.18 (50.75)

7.90 (15.80)

< 0.001

 Visited SOC (%)

273,616 (56.8%)

115,599 (57.5%)

32,183 (73.6%)

73,789 (84.2%)

3823 (97.2%)

1768 (89.7%)

500,778 (61.1%)

< 0.001

Total Hospital Admissions (2013 to 2015)

 Grand Total

64,766

47,723

19,696

71,711

17,674

2620

224,190

 

 No. per 1000 patient days

0.12

0.22

0.41

0.78

5.32

1.69

0.25

 

 Mean (SD)

0.13 (0.54)

0.24 (0.84)

0.45 (1.09)

0.82 (1.90)

4.49 (6.32)

1.33 (2.10)

0.27 (1.06)

< 0.001

 Admitted to Hospital (%)

43,025 (8.9%)

26,568 (13.2%)

11,350 (25.9%)

27,792 (31.7%)

3062 (77.8%)

985 (50.0%)

112,782 (13.8%)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: ED Emergency Department, SOC Specialist Outpatient Clinic. Numbers were presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%) as appropriate
  2. a Chi-square for categorical variables and one-way ANOVA test for continuous variables