From: Multimorbidity of chronic diseases and health care utilization in general practice
 |  | No chronic disease | One chronic disease | Multimorbidity | P-value for linear trend |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total contacts (sd) 1 | N = 14341 | N = 9896 | N = 8346 |  | |
Sex | Male | 5.3 (6.3) | 11.2 (9.3) | 19.0 (14.1) | Â |
 | Female | 6.9 (7.4) | 12.9 (10.2) | 21.8 (15.5) |  |
Age | 55 - 64Â yrs | 5.0 (5.8) | 10.1 (8.3) | 16.7 (12.8) | Â |
 | 65 – 74 yrs | 6.5 (6.8) | 12.3 (9.5) | 19.6 (14.9) |  |
 | > = 75 yrs | 10.2 (9.9) | 15.8 (11.8) | 24.0 (15.6) |  |
Total contacts (95% CI) 2,3 | Â | 6.1 (5.6 6.6) | 11.7 (10.8 12.6) | 18.3 (16.8 19.9) | <0.001 |
Type of contacts (95% CI) 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Face-to-face consultations | GP4 | 2.3 (2.2 2.4) | 3.6 (3.4 3.9) | 4.8 (4.5 5.1) | <0.001 |
 | PN4 | 0.1 (0.1 0.3) | 0.5 (0.4 0.7) | 0.7 (0.5 1.0) | <0.001 |
Phone consultations | GP | 0.5 (0.4 0.6) | 0.8 (0.7 1.0) | 1.4 (1.2 1.8) | <0.001 |
 | PN | 0.1 (0.0 0.2) | 0.2 (0.1 0.4) | 0.4 (0.3 0.7) | <0.001 |
Home visits | GP | 0.1 (0.1 0.1) | 0.3 (0.3 0.4) | 0.7 (0.6 0.9) | <0.001 |
 | PN | 0.0 (0.0 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0 0.0) | 0.1 (0.0 0.1) | <0.001 |
Type of intervention (95% CI) 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Diagnostics and minor surgery | 0.1 (0.1 0.2) | 0.3 (0.2 0.3) | 0.4 (0.4 0.5) | <0.001 | |
Prescribing medication | 2.8 (2.5 3.2) | 5.8 (5.1 6.6) | 9.3 (8.1 10.6) | <0.001 | |
Prescriptions 2,5 | N = 11366 | N = 7962 | N = 7008 |  | |
Patiënts with prescriptions (N, %) | 8005 (70.4%) | 7396 (92.9%) | 6897 (98.4%) |  | |
Mean number of prescriptions | 6.8 (6.1 7.7) | 15.3 (13.8 16.9) | 27.5 (24.9 30.5) | <0.001 | |
Referrals 2,.6 | N = 10341 | N = 7219 | N = 6198 |  | |
Referred patiënts (N, %) | 1549 (15.0%) | 1822 (25.2%) | 2230 (36.0%) |  | |
Mean number of referrals | 0.2 (0.2 0.2) | 0.3 (0.3 0.3) | 0.5 (0.4 0.5) | <0.001 |