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Table 3 Ratios presenting the relative difference in the number of contacts in general practice for patients having specific combinations of diseases versus what would be expected on the basis of contact frequencies of those with either one of the diseases

From: Multimorbidity of chronic diseases and health care utilization in general practice

 

Coronary heart disease

Osteoarthritis

COPD

Chronic back- or neck disorder

Cancer

Stroke

Depression

Heart failure

Anxiety disorder

Diabetes

0.78 (0.73 0.82)

0.79 (0.75 0.84)

0.68 (0.63 0.73)

0.77 (0.71 0.83)

0.79 (0.71 0.87)

0.68 (0.63 0.72)

0.79 (0.71 0.88)

0.73 (0.68 0.78)

0.75 (0.67 0.84)

Coronary heart disease

 

0.81 (0.76 0.87)

0.75 (0.70 0.81)

0.88 (0.83 0.93)

0.78 (0.70 0.87)

0.73 (0.66 0.81)

0.76 (0.69 0.84)

0.69 (0.65 0.74)

0.77 (0.66 0.90)

Osteoarthritis

  

0.77 (0.72 0.83)

0.87 (0.80 0.95)

0.75 (0.67 0.85)

0.82 (0.75 0.90)

0.89 (0.81 0.98)

0.83 (0.76 0.90)

0.77 (0.68 0.87)

COPD

   

0.82 (0.76 0.89)

0.90 (0.80 1.01)

0.77 (0.70 0.85)

0.71 (0.63 0.80)

0.81 (0.75 0.86)

0.80 (0.70 0.91)

Chronic back- or neck disorder

    

0.79 (0.71 0.86)

0.82 (0.73 0.92)

0.91 (0.75 1.11)

0.78 (0.69 0.89)

0.94 (0.83 1.07)

Cancer

     

0.71 (0.64 0.79)

0.79 (0.69 0.91)

0.79 (0.72 0.87)

0.80 (0.69 0.94)

Stroke

      

0.73 (0.65 0.82)

0.84 (0.75 0.94)

0.73 (0.58 0.92)

Depression

       

0.71 (0.63 0.80)

0.69 (0.62 0.78)

Heart failure

        

0.78 (0.69 0.88)

  1. Ratio and 95% confidence intervals are presented for patients with ten prevalent chronic diseases, adjusted for sex, age, number of other chronic diseases, and clustering of patients within general practices.