Table 2.
General characteristics of study: comorbidity and cost model
| Characteristics | Total |
| Patients | N=227 235 |
| General | |
| Number of physicians | 224 |
| Number of episodes | 1 020 606 |
| Number of visits | 1 834 326 |
| Mean age, years | 44.1 (23.7) |
| 25 percentile | 27.0 |
| 50 percentile | 43.0 |
| 75 percentile | 67.0 |
| Sex (female) | 55.6% |
| General comorbidity | |
| Mean ADG | 3.7 (2.2) |
| 25 percentile | 2.0 |
| 50 percentile | 3.0 |
| 75 percentile | 5.0 |
| Mean episodes | 4.5 (3.2) |
| Mean Charlson index | 0.2 (0.6) |
| RUB | 2.4 (0.8) |
| 1 | 16.9% |
| 2 | 31.0% |
| 3 | 47.9% |
| 4 | 3.8 |
| 5 | 0.5 |
| Outliers (N=14 066) | 6.2% |
| Mean/unit | % | |
| Cost model (in euros)/year | ||
| Fixed costs | 190.7 (193.3) | 29.1 |
| Laboratory | 51.9 (73.8) | 7.9 |
| Conventional radiology | 21.4 (34.1) | 3.3 |
| Complementary tests | 6.2 (19.6) | 1.0 |
| Referrals to specialists | 73.1 (117.3) | 11.2 |
| Drug prescriptions | 310.8 (681.2) | 47.5 |
| Total cost of PHC | 654.2 (851.7) | 100.0 |
| Cost of family medicine | 92.9% | |
| Cost of paediatric medicine (0–14 years) | 7.1% | |
Values expressed as mean (SD) or percentage.
RUB, resource utilisation bands; ADG, Ambulatory Diagnostic Groups; PHC, primary healthcare.