Table 3.
Number of days in contact before and after surgery, stratified by type of encounter and presented by presence of complication codes. Data presented as encounters per patient year with associated 95% confidence intervals, unless otherwise stated. Before, 2 yr before surgery; after, 2 yr after surgery. ∗Excludes the days spent in hospital for index surgical admission. †P<0.05.
| Timing | Primary care encounters |
Secondary care encounters |
Total healthcare encounters |
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| Outpatient attendance |
Emergency department |
Hospital admissions |
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| Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After∗ | Before | After∗ | Rate ratio | |
| All | 9.6 (9.6–9.6) | 9 (9–9.1) | 2.5 (2.4–2.5) | 3.9 (3.9–3.9) | 0.3 (0.3–0.3) | 0.4 (0.4–0.4) | 0.7 (0.7–0.7) | 2.8 (2.7–2.8) | 12.8 (12.7–12.8) | 14.9 (14.9–14.9) | 1.17 (1.16–1.17)† |
| Complication code | |||||||||||
| Absent | 9.3 (9.2–9.3) | 8.6 (8.6–8.6) | 2.4 (2.4–2.4) | 3.7 (3.7–3.7) | 0.3 (0.3–0.3) | 0.4 (0.4–0.4) | 0.6 (0.6–0.7) | 1.9 (1.9–1.9) | 12.3 (12.3–12.3) | 14.0 (14.0–14.1) | 1.14 (1.14–1.15)† |
| Present | 13.6 (13.5–13.7) | 14.6 (14.5–14.7) | 3.2 (3.2–3.3) | 5.5 (5.5–5.6) | 0.4 (0.4–0.4) | 0.8 (0.8–0.8) | 1.6 (1.6–1.6) | 5.6 (5.5–5.6) | 18.4 (18.3–18.5) | 25.3 (25.2–25.4) | 1.38 (1.37–1.39)† |