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. 2013 Jan 3;13:1. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-1

Table 3.

Age- and sex-specific mean in-hospital days, physician visits and drugs for the treatment of chronic conditions

 
 
Males
Females
Age/sex standard
  Age group (years) 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-90 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-90  
Inhospital days
KORA-Age
2.8
2.5
3.1
3.3
5.4
3.7
2.7
3.7
4.0
5.1
3.4
AOK SHI fund 2009*
2.4
4.9
5.1
5.5
7.0
3.7
3.2
5.1
5.0
5.7
4.3
Delta as a %
18%
−49%
−40%
−40%
−23%
1%
−14%
−27%
−20%
−11%
−21%
AOK SHI fund 2006
3.6
4.1
4.5
5.1
5.3
2.3
3.4
4.0
4.6
5.3
3.9
Delta 2006 as a %
−22%
−39%
−31%
−35%
2%
63%
−21%
−7%
−14%
−3%
−13%
Physician visits
KORA-Age
9.2
9.5
10.7
12.7
13.2
9.8
10.7
11.4
14.4
13.0
10.9
AOK SHI fund 2009*
29.0
36.3
38.7
39.8
43.0
33.0
36.2
39.2
37.4
40.5
35.9
Delta as a %
−68%
−74%
−72%
−68%
−69%
−70%
−70%
−71%
−62%
−68%
−70%
AOK SHI fund 2006
28.2
33.3
36.0
37.1
38.4
30.1
32.3
33.8
36.2
38.2
33.1
Delta 2006 as a %
−67%
−71%
−70%
−66%
−66%
−68%
−67%
−66%
−60%
−66%
−67%
Number of drugs for treatment of chronic conditions KORA-Age
1.9
2.2
2.8
2.9
2.9
1.9
2.2
2.6
3.0
3.1
2.4
AOK SHI fund 2009*
2.3
2.5
2.8
2.8
3.3
2.3
2.5
3.0
3.1
3.5
2.7
Delta as a %
−17%
−9%
0%
4%
−12%
−16%
−9%
−12%
−5%
−10%
−9%
AOK SHI fund 2006
1.9
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.4
1.9
2.2
2.5
2.7
2.6
2.2
Delta 2006 as a % 2% 2% 21% 24% 18% 3% 2% 6% 12% 21% 8%

*Extrapolated from 2006 data.