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Table 2 Characteristics of the study cohort by CT typology

From: Healthcare utilization after a first hospitalization for COPD: a new approach of State Sequence Analysis based on the '6W' multidimensional model of care trajectories

 

CT Type 1

Low healthcare use

CT Type 2

Moderate healthcare use

CT Type 3

High healthcare use – respiratory group

CT Type 4

High healthcare use – CVD group

CT Type 5

High healthcare use – other condition group

P-Value

 

n = 1351 (52.3%)

n = 748 (29.0%)

n = 216 (8.4%)

n = 100 (3.9%)

n = 166 (6.4%)

 

Sex, n (%)

0.1605

 Female

700 (51.8)

416 (55.6)

123 (56.9)

60 (60.0)

96 (57.8)

 

 Male

651 (48.2)

332 (44.4)

93 (43.1)

40 (40.0)

70 (42.2)

 

Age, mean (SD)

70.7 (8.8)

71.9 (8.2)

72.7 (8.3)

76.8 (6.1)

72.3 (9.7)

<.0001

PPDIP status, n (%)

<.0001

 Not admissible

178 (13.2)

67 (9.0)

17 (7.9)

x

x

 

 Admissible – regular

414 (30.6)

265 (35.4)

69 (31.9)

x

x

 

 Admissible – GIS/LRFA

759 (56.2)

416 (55.6)

130 (60.2)

74 (74.0)

109 (65.7)

 

Rurality,a n (%)

0.0262

 Metropolitan area

781 (58.0)

444 (59.6)

128 (59.5)

49 (49.0)

102 (63.0)

 

 Small town

234 (17.4)

118 (15.8)

33 (15.4)

17 (17.0)

37 (22.8)

 

 Rural area

332 (24.6)

183 (24.6)

54 (25.1)

34 (34.0)

23 (14.2)

 

Material Deprivation,b n (%)

0.3034

 Quartile 1

187 (14.4)

110 (15.5)

30 (15.0)

8 (8.5)

18 (12.2)

 

 Quartile 2–3

646 (49.8)

370 (52.1)

94 (47.0)

44 (46.8)

79 (53.4)

 

 Quartile 4

465 (35.8)

230 (32.4)

76 (38.0)

42 (44.7)

51 (34.5)

 

Social Deprivation,b n (%)

0.0083

 Quartile 1

249 (19.2)

125 (17.6)

31 (15.5)

18 (19.2)

15 (10.1)

 

 Quartile 2–3

607 (46.8)

351 (49.4)

100 (50.0)

52 (55.3)

62 (41.9)

 

 Quartile 4

442 (34.0)

234 (33.0)

69 (34.5)

24 (25.5)

71 (48.0)

 

GP affiliation, n (%)

931 (68.9)

515 (68.8)

154 (71.3)

77 (77.0)

116 (69.9)

0.4995

Combined CI, median (Q1 – Q3)

2 (0–5)

3 (2–6)

4 (2–7)

6 (4–9)

5 (3–8)

<.0001

Length of stay, median (Q1 – Q3)

4 (2–7)

5 (3–9)

7 (4–13)

6 (3–11)

7 (4–11)

<.0001

NIRRU, mean (SD)

0.99 (0.76)

1.18 (0.91)

1.56 (2.03)

1.36 (1.23)

1.41 (1.72)

<.0001

Severity index, n (%)

<.0001

 Weak-Moderate

833 (61.7)

412 (55.1)

108 (50.0)

31 (31.0)

63 (38.0)

 

 High-Extreme

518 (38.3)

336 (44.9)

108 (50.0)

69 (69.0)

103 (62.0)

 
  1. xSuppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements
  2. aMissing: n = 12
  3. bMissing: n = 131