Table 2 ‘High use’ outcomes between 1 July 2009 and 31 December 2017, by regularity quintile
From: The association between general practitioner regularity of care and ‘high use’ hospitalisation
Regularity quintile | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowest | Low | Moderate | High | Highest | < 3 GP visits | |||||||||
n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | |
High use hospitalisation | ||||||||||||||
≥ 3 hospitalisations | 6337 | 12.7 | 7118 | 14.8 | 7704 | 16.4 | 7957 | 17.0 | 7304 | 15.0 | 1511 | 11.4 | 37,931 | 15.0 |
≥ 3 unplanned hospitalisations | 2017 | 4.0 | 2382 | 5.0 | 2566 | 5.5 | 2732 | 5.9 | 2574 | 5.3 | 586 | 4.4 | 12,857 | 5.1 |
≥ 5 hospitalisations | 2960 | 5.9 | 3361 | 7.0 | 3656 | 7.8 | 3667 | 7.9 | 3360 | 6.9 | 763 | 5.8 | 17,767 | 7.0 |
≥ 5 unplanned hospitalisations | 627 | 1.3 | 756 | 1.6 | 769 | 1.6 | 844 | 1.8 | 788 | 1.6 | 205 | 1.5 | 3989 | 1.6 |
≥ 30 days length of stay | 1933 | 3.9 | 2178 | 4.5 | 2343 | 5.0 | 2622 | 5.6 | 2701 | 5.6 | 668 | 5.0 | 12,445 | 4.9 |
≥ 30 days length of stay (unplanned) | 1519 | 3.0 | 1762 | 3.7 | 1894 | 4.0 | 2131 | 4.6 | 2203 | 4.5 | 553 | 4.2 | 10,062 | 4.0 |
≥ 3 hospitalisations with at least one ≥30 days | 858 | 1.7 | 943 | 2.0 | 1040 | 2.2 | 1129 | 2.4 | 1155 | 2.4 | 308 | 2.3 | 5433 | 2.1 |
≥ 3 unplanned hospitalisations with at least one ≥30 days | 433 | 0.9 | 562 | 1.2 | 586 | 1.2 | 636 | 1.4 | 646 | 1.3 | 185 | 1.4 | 3048 | 1.2 |
Readmission | ||||||||||||||
Early readmission (1–7 days)b | 5811 | 11.7 | 6453 | 13.4 | 6813 | 14.5 | 6838 | 14.6 | 6407 | 13.2 | 1329 | 10.0 | 33,651 | 13.3 |
Early unplanned readmission (1–7 days)b | 1841 | 3.7 | 2016 | 4.2 | 2133 | 4.5 | 2199 | 4.7 | 2129 | 4.4 | 450 | 3.4 | 10,768 | 4.2 |
Late readmission (8–30 days)b | 8405 | 16.9 | 9345 | 19.5 | 9694 | 20.6 | 10,000 | 21.4 | 9373 | 19.3 | 1892 | 14.3 | 48,709 | 19.2 |
Late unplanned readmission (8–30 days)b | 2135 | 4.3 | 2418 | 5.0 | 2511 | 5.3 | 2782 | 6.0 | 2552 | 5.2 | 570 | 4.3 | 12,968 | 5.1 |
Readmission within 30 days | 10,896 | 21.9 | 12,066 | 25.1 | 12,468 | 26.5 | 12,779 | 27.4 | 12,013 | 24.7 | 2401 | 18.1 | 62,623 | 24.7 |
Unplanned readmission within 30 days | 3266 | 6.6 | 3632 | 7.6 | 3803 | 8.1 | 4086 | 8.8 | 3812 | 7.8 | 831 | 6.3 | 19,430 | 7.7 |
TOTAL | 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 |