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Table 2 Predisposing and need factors of chronic patients according to their use of Primary Care (PC) or Hospital care (HC) services

From: Use of primary and hospital care health services by chronic patients according to risk level by adjusted morbidity groups

Use of services

n (%)

Use of PC services

8226 (98.7)

95% CI

Use of HC services

4284 (51.4)

95% CI

Predisposing factors

 Female gender

5201 (63.2)

62.2–64.3

2626 (61.3)

59.8–62.7

 Agea

57.5 (21.1)

57.0–58.0

60.4 (20.4)

59.8–70.0

  <  15 years

303 (3.7)

3.3–4.1

114 (2.7)

2.1–3.1

  15–65 years

4643 (56.4)

55.4–57.5

2236 (52.2)

50.7–53.7

  >  65 years

3280 (39.9)

38.2–40.9

1934 (45)

43.6–46.6

 Origin Spain

6898 (83.9)

83.1–84.6

3,85 (93)

92.2–93.4

  Europe

256 (3.1)

2.7–3.5

81 (1.9)

1.5–2.3

  Rest of the world

1072 (13.0)

12.3–13.8

218 (5.1)

4.4–5.7

Need factors

 Immobilized

295 (3.6)

3.2–4.0

194 (4.5)

3.9–5.1

 Institutionalized

157 (1.9)

1.6–2.2

88 (2.1)

1.6–2.5

 Primary caregiver

227 (2.8)

2.4–3.1

154 (3.6)

3.0–4.1

 Home support

78 (0.9)

0.7–1.1

50 (1.2)

0.8–1.5

 Palliative care

42 (0.5)

0.3–0.7

35 (0.8)

0.5–1.1

 Complexity weighta

7.5 (7.3)

7.3–7.6

9.4 (8.6)

9.1–9.6

 High risk

439 (5.3)

4.8–5.8

376 (8.8)

7.9–9.6

 Medium risk

1746 (21.2)

20.3–22.1

1251 (29.2)

27.8–30.6

 Low risk

6041 (73.4)

72.2–74.4

2657 (62)

60.6–63.5

 Multimorbidity

5541 (66.1)

65.1–67.2

3145 (73.4)

72.1–74.7

 Chronic diseasesa

2.7 (1.88)

2.6–2.8

3.1 (2.1)

3.0–3.2

  Anemia

763 (9.3)

8.6–9.9

401 (9.4)

8.5–10.2

  Anxiety

1962 (23.9)

22.9–24.8

1025 (23.9)

22.6–25.2

  Osteoarthritis

996 (12.1)

11.4–12.8

638 (14.9)

13.8–15.9

  Asthma

853 (10.4)

9.7–11.0

456 (10.6)

9.7–11.6

  Ischemic heart disease

354 (4.3)

3.8–4.7

260 (6.1)

5.3–6.8

  Cirrhosis

432 (5.3)

4.8–5.7

271 (6.3)

5.5–7

  Dementia

206 (2.5)

2.2–2.8

127 (3)

2.4–3.5

  Depression

1108 (13.5)

12.7–14.2

628 (14.7)

13.6–15.7

  Diabetes mellitus

1004 (12.2)

11.5–12.9

630 (14.7)

13.6–15.8

  Dyslipidemia

3377 (41.1)

40.0–42.1

1917 (44.7)

43.2–46.2

  Dysrhythmias

651 (7.9)

7.3–8.5

449 (10.5)

9.6–11.4

  COPD

374 (4.5)

4.1–5.0

275 (6.4)

5.7–7.1

  Glaucoma

374 (4.5)

4.1–5.0

247 (5.8)

5.1–6.5

  Hypertension

3129 (38)

3.0–39.1

1842 (43)

41.5–44.4

  Stroke

255 (3.1)

2.7–3.5

177 (4.1)

3.5–4.7

  Heart failure

234 (2.8)

2.5–3.2

183 (4.3)

3.7–4.9

  Chronic kidney disease

141 (1.7)

1.4–2.0

116 (2.7)

2.2–3.2

  Active neoplasia

451 (5.5)

5.0–6.0

341 (8)

7.1–8.8

  Obesity

1408 (17.1)

16.3–18.0

813 (19)

17.8–20.0

  Thyroid disorder

1464 (17.8)

17.0–18.6

812 (19)

17.8–20.0

  HIV

46 (0.6)

0.5–0.7

40 (0.9)

0.6–1.2

 Polymedication

1581 (19.2)

18.4–20.1

1073 (25)

23.7–26.3

  1. aMean (standard deviation)