Table 1 Characteristics of 250,402 patients with chronic conditions in general practice or hospital follow-up
AF (n = 114,795) | CHF(n = 56,858) | CLD(n = 12,398) | COPD(n = 69,247) | IBD(n = 45,160) | ||||||
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Hospital follow-up (n = 15,595, 14%) | GP follow-up (n = 99,200,86%) | Hospital follow-up (n = 8426,15%) | GPfollow-up (n = 48,432,85%) | Hospital follow-up (n = 3308,27%) | GP follow-up (n = 9090,73%) | Hospital follow-up (n = 9245,13%) | GPfollow-up (n = 60,002,87%) | Hospital follow-up (n = 18,610,41%) | GP follow-up (n = 26,550,59%) | |
Female | 37% | 42% | 30% | 39% | 55% | 46% | 55% | 53% | 54% | 55% |
Age, mean (SD) | 71.1 (11.0) | 72.9 (12.6) | 67.1 (13.6) | 73.1 (12.7) | 60.8 (13.1) | 60.6 (13.6) | 70.8 (10.2) | 70.6 (11.9) | 48.9 (16.6) | 52.0 (17.8) |
Household status | ||||||||||
Married or cohabiting | 64% | 57% | 60% | 51% | 53% | 46% | 48% | 47% | 68% | 65% |
Single | 36% | 43% | 40% | 49% | 47% | 54% | 51% | 52% | 32% | 35% |
Nursing home residents | 2% | 5% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | < 1% | 1% |
Gross income in 2015 (DKK), mean (SD) | 315,925 (562,682) | 286,118 (520,366) | 282,663 (455,070) | 258,366 (463,668) | 259,943 (243,346) | 248,741 (198,318) | 237,236 (618,625) | 234,166 (229,007) | 347,175 (364,015) | 318,224 (921,789) |
Occupational status | ||||||||||
Working | 22% | 18% | 22% | 14% | 23% | 19% | 9% | 13% | 59% | 51% |
Unemployed | 2% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 11% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 8% |
Early retiree | 4% | 4% | 11% | 8% | 20% | 24% | 14% | 12% | 6% | 8% |
Retired | 71% | 75% | 60% | 75% | 42% | 40% | 72% | 69% | 19% | 26% |
Others | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 9% | 7% |
Highest obtained educational level | ||||||||||
Primary education | 32% | 39% | 37% | 44% | 35% | 39% | 49% | 50% | 22% | 28% |
Secondary education or vocational training | 40% | 39% | 43% | 39% | 44% | 43% | 38% | 37% | 44% | 44% |
Higher education | 27% | 22% | 20% | 17% | 21% | 19% | 12% | 13% | 34% | 28% |
Months since first diagnosis, mean (SD) | 61.9 (42.5) | 57.1 (39.1) | 54.2 (42.2) | 55.6 (39.4) | 64.4 (51.6) | 58.7 (45.6) | 56.0 (39.5) | 46.3 (40.8) | 99.7 (62.7) | 92.5 (61.6) |
CCI distribution | ||||||||||
None | 38% | 37% | 32% | 25% | 51% | 45% | 47% | 48% | 78% | 71% |
Low | 42% | 41% | 43% | 47% | 36% | 37% | 37% | 36% | 18% | 22% |
Moderate | 14% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 3% | 5% |
High | 6% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 2% |
CCI, median (IQI) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–3) | 0 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1) |