Table 6. Healthcare utilization of participants compared to those lost to follow-up.

	Participants	Died or institutionalized	Lost to follow-up for other reasons
Healthcare utilization in 2009	(n = 644)†	(n = 37)†	(n = 109)†
GP home visits
0	71.0	27.0 ***	59.6 **
1	10.4	10.8	7.3
≥2	18.6	62.2	33.0
Hospital admissions
0	83.1	35.1 ***	80.7
1	13.0	45.9	13.8
≥2	3.9	18.9	5.5

^†Values are percentages.

The chi-square test was used for ordinal variables.

*p≤0.05.

**p≤0.01.

***p≤0.001 compared to respondents. Significant differences are marked in bold.