Table 2.

Health Service Usage

	Baseline arrhythmia
	None	Tachyarrhythmia	Conduction disturbances	Both	P value
Used the service at least once,* N (%†)
Primary care	10 388 (98.7)	949 (99.3)	108 (99.1)	58 (98.5)	0.2
Outpatient cardiology	7995 (76.2)	866 (88.6)	98 (88.1)	56 (89.2)	<0.0001
Emergency department only visits	5846 (56.6)	640 (58.1)	64 (55.6)	46 (64.2)	0.5
Hospital admissions	5433 (52.7)	601 (54.0)	58 (50.4)	45 (63.4)	0.3
Intensive care unit	856 (15.1)	62 (11.6)	6 (11.3)	3 (3.5)	<0.0001
Frequency/5 y,‡ median (IQR)
Primary care visits	33 (33–34)	43 (41–46)	33 (26–39)	45 (36–55)
Outpatient cardiology visits	3 (2.7–2.8)	6 (5.6–7.0)	4 (3.4–5.1)	9 (6.2–12.0)
Emergency department only visits	1.0 (0.7–1.3)	0.0 (0.0–0.6)	1.0 (0.6–1.3)	0.0 (0.0–0.8)
Hospital admissions	0.9 (0.9–1.0)	1.0 (0.8–1.1)	0.8 (0.5–1.1)	2.2 (1.1–3.3)
Days in hospital	7 (6.7–7.2)	8 (6.0–9.2)	6 (1.8–9.6)	13 (5.1–20.1)

IQR indicates interquartile range.

^*Used the service at least once in the data collection period (2007–2011).

^† Age‐adjusted percentage.

^‡ Age‐adjusted.