Table 3 Health resources use for each year per patient
From: Costs and healthcare utilisation of patients with heart failure in Spain
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | |
Primary care visits, mean (SD) | 12.7 | 15.0 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 9.6 | 13.9 | 8.8 | 14.3 | 7.7 | 13.0 |
Laboratory requests, mean (SD) | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
Radiology and other tests, mean (SD) | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
Specialized visits, mean (SD) | 2.1 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 4.8 |
Emergency rooms visits, mean (SD) | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
Hospitalization | ||||||||||
Days, mean (SD) | 5.9 | 10.8 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 4.7 | 10.0 | 4.1 | 10.3 | 4.5 | 10.3 |
Hospitalized patients, n (%) | 5399 (31.5) | 4557 (26.6) | 4227 (24.6) | 3628 (21.1) | 3923 (22.9) | |||||
Days for hospitalized patients due to heart failure only, mean (SD) | 8.3 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 10.1 | 7.2 | 10.2 |
Frequency of hospitalization, n (%) | ||||||||||
0 | 11,764 (68.5) | 12,606 (73.5) | 12,936 (75.4) | 13,535 (78.9) | 13,240 (77.1) | |||||
1 | 4243 (24.7) | 3565 (20.8) | 3225 (18.8) | 2780 (16.2) | 2914 (17.0) | |||||
2 | 1001 (5.8) | 855 (5.0) | 867 (5.1) | 724 (4.2) | 850 (5.0) | |||||
3+ | 156 (0.9) | 137 (0.8) | 137 (0.8) | 124 (0.7) | 160 (0.9) | |||||
Disability | ||||||||||
Days of disability, mean (SD) | 0.4 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 10.9 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 5.1 |
Patients with disability, n (%) | 158 (0.9) | 132 (0.8) | 134 (0.8) | 140 (0.8) | 190 (1.1) | |||||
Average days of sick leave (disability only), mean (SD) | 43.8 | 43.5 | 47.4 | 49.5 | 77.2 | 96.9 | 50.5 | 38.5 | 36.7 | 32.6 |
Mortality, n (%) | 1608 (9.4) | 1259 (7.3) | 927 (5.4) | 893 (5.2) | 839 (4.9) | |||||