Table 1 Selected sociodemographic and health service use characteristics, by regularity quintile
From: The association between general practitioner regularity of care and ‘high use’ hospitalisation
Regularity quintilea | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowest | Low | Moderate | High | Highest | < 3 GP visits | |||||||||
0.002 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.011 | 0.013 | 0.013 | 1.000 | Total | ||||
n | %b | n | %b | n | %b | n | %b | n | %b | n | %b | n | %b | |
Sex | ||||||||||||||
Female | 25,826 | 51.8 | 26,658 | 55.5 | 26,534 | 56.4 | 26,700 | 57.2 | 26,893 | 55.3 | 5356 | 40.4 | 137,967 | 54.4 |
Male | 24,025 | 48.2 | 21,357 | 44.5 | 20,514 | 43.6 | 19,977 | 42.8 | 21,766 | 44.7 | 7894 | 59.6 | 115,533 | 45.6 |
Death during follow up | ||||||||||||||
No | 46,782 | 93.8 | 44,609 | 92.9 | 43,194 | 91.8 | 42,421 | 90.9 | 44,005 | 90.4 | 12,149 | 91.7 | 233,160 | 92.0 |
Yes | 3069 | 6.2 | 3406 | 7.1 | 3854 | 8.2 | 4256 | 9.1 | 4654 | 9.6 | 1101 | 8.3 | 20,340 | 8.0 |
Regularity quintile | Total | |||||||||||||
Lowest | Low | Moderate | High | Highest | < 3 GP visits | |||||||||
Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |
Baseline age | 59 | 53–67 | 61 | 54–70 | 63 | 55–71 | 64 | 56–73 | 63 | 56–72 | 57 | 52–66 | 62 | 54.5–70.5 |
Rx Risk (1 year prior to start of follow-up) | 0 | 0–1 | 1 | 0–2 | 1 | 0–3 | 1 | 0–3 | 1 | 0–3 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–2 |
Rx Risk (5 years prior to start of follow-up) | 0 | 0–2 | 1 | 0–2 | 1 | 0–3 | 1 | 0–3 | 1 | 0–3 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–3 |
Frequency of GP contact | 16 | 9–26 | 18 | 11–29 | 18 | 11–29 | 17 | 11–28 | 13 | 8–23 | 1 | 0–2 | 16 | 9–26 |
UPC Index in baseline time period | 0.60 | 0–43 - 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.44–0.80 | 0.65 | 0.47–0.82 | 0.67 | 0.50–0.84 | 0.74 | 0.53–0.88 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.64 | 0.44–0.82 |
MMCI in baseline time period | 0.78 | 0.63–0.89 | 0.80 | 0.67–0.89 | 0.81 | 0.68–0.89 | 0.82 | 0.69–0.90 | 0.83 | 0.68–0.92 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.80 | 0.63–0.89 |
Number of specialist physician contacts | 4 | 0–9 | 5 | 0–11 | 5 | 1–12 | 6 | 1–13 | 4 | 0–11 | 0 | 0–2 | 4 | 0–11 |
Days out of hospital | 1460 | 1457 – 1461 | 1460 | 1457 – 1461 | 1460 | 1456 – 1461 | 1460 | 1456 – 1461 | 1460 | 1457 – 1461 | 1461 | 1459–1461 | 1460 | 1457 – 1461 |
n | %c | n | %c | n | %c | n | %c | n | %c | n | %c | n | %c | |
Total (%)c | 49,851 | 19.7 | 48,015 | 18.9 | 47,048 | 18.6 | 46,677 | 18.4 | 48,659 | 19.2 | 13,250 | 5.2 | 253,500 | 100.0 |