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Table 3 Multivariable Negative Binomial Regression on Hospital Utilization from Year 2013 to 2015

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

 

IRR

95% Confidence Interval

p-value

No. of ED visits from 2013 to 2015

 Mostly Healthy

Reference

 Serious Acute

1.45

(1.42, 1.47)

< 0.001

 Stable Chronic

2.15

(2.09, 2.21)

< 0.001

 Complex Chronic without Frequent Hospital Admissions

3.36

(3.29, 3.44)

< 0.001

 Complex Chronic with Frequent Hospital Admissions

14.52

(13.49, 15.64)

< 0.001

 End of Life

9.56

(8.51, 10.75)

< 0.001

No. of SOC visits from 2013 to 2015

 Mostly Healthy

Reference

 Serious Acute

1.03

(1.02, 1.04)

< 0.001

 Stable Chronic

1.91

(1.88, 1.94)

< 0.001

 Complex Chronic without Frequent Hospital Admissions

2.67

(2.64, 2.71)

< 0.001

 Complex Chronic with Frequent Hospital Admissions

7.71

(7.31, 8.13)

< 0.001

 End of Life

11.50

(10.68, 12.39)

< 0.001

No. of Hospital Admissions from 2013 to 2015

 Mostly Healthy

Reference

 Serious Acute

1.33

(1.31, 1.36)

< 0.001

 Stable Chronic

3.16

(3.08, 3.25)

< 0.001

 Complex Chronic without Frequent Hospital Admissions

3.86

(3.78, 3.94)

< 0.001

 Complex Chronic with Frequent Hospital Admissions

22.66

(21.07, 24.37)

< 0.001

 End of Life

16.18

(14.49, 18.07)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: ED Emergency Department, SOC Specialist Outpatient Clinic, IRR Incidence Rate Ratio. Model is adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, past utilization and use of survival time as exposure variables