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Table 1 Description of four population segments

From: Population segments as a tool for health care performance reporting: an exploratory study in the Canadian province of British Columbia

Name of segment

Description

1. Low need

≤1 chronic condition and no event indicating medical complexity

2. Multiple morbidities

≥2 chronic conditions and no event indicating medical complexity

3. Medically complex

≥1 chronic condition and an event indicating complexity that is associated with a chronic condition

4. Frail

Aged ≥65, receiving frailty-based care, being deemed palliative, and/or meeting at least two criteria from the Edmonton frailty scale [34].