| Frequent attender status | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Non | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | ||||
Characteristics | Median | Mean (SD) | Median | Mean (SD) | Â | Mean (SD) | Median | Mean (SD) |
Primary care physician (PCP) | 283 | 338 (197) | 444 | 525 (300) | 613 | 722 (402) | 810 | 1005 (664) |
Emergency care by the PCP | - | 20 (164) | 0 | 51 (114) | 0 | 83 (156) | 63 | 156 (334) |
Physical therapy1 | 0 | 41 (379) | 0 | 77 (558) | 0 | 99 (624) | 0 | 181 (931) |
Complementary medicine1 | 0 | 16 (98) | 0 | 24 (122) | 0 | 37 (142) | 0 | 43 (160) |
Laboratory costs | 0 | 19 (49) | 0 | 42 (69) | 40 | 65 (89) | 52 | 86 (101) |
Medication: | Â | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â |
psychotropic medication | 0 | 86 (719) | 0 | 134 (760) | 0 | 156 (670) | 16 | 233 (672) |
antibiotics | 0 | 15 (182) | 11 | 28 (72) | 19 | 40 (79) | 33 | 63 (108) |
painkillers | 0 | 19 (165) | 0 | 52 (358) | 0 | 50 (305) | 16 | 99 (296) |
other medication | 135 | 1091 (4019) | 401 | 1717 (4724) | 756 | 2621 (6745) | 1262 | 2808 (4542) |
Somatic primary care costs | 511 | 1553 (4212) | 1049 | 2501 (5052) | 1696 | 3696 (7035) | 2626 | 4421 (5316) |
Psychological primary care costs | 0 | 92 (721) | 0 | 48 (764) | 0 | 176 (677) | 20 | 253 (679) |
All primary care costs | 540 | 1645 (4284) | 1137 | 2650 (5145) | 1839 | 3872 (7056) | 2746 | 4674 (5583) |
All specialist care costs | 379 | 3399 (14124) | 1753 | 5866 (16752) | 3023 | 6911 (12877) | 5393 | 11 150 (18 582) |