Table A3.
Patients characteristics by chronic disease before propensity-matching.
| Characteristic | Patients with diabetes n = 36,532 |
Patients with cardiovascular diseases n = 186,986 |
Patients with respiratory illnesses n = 45,364 |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
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| Population characteristics (2012) | |||
| Male | 20052 (54.9) | 85832 (45.9) | 19447 (42.9) |
| Mean age (sd) | 67.2 (13.0) | 68.2 (13.7) | 58.9 (18.1) |
| Age group (years) | |||
| 18–44 | 2033 (5.6) | 10455 (5.6) | 10447 (23.0) |
| 45–54 | 3739 (10.2) | 18727 (10.0) | 6633 (14.6) |
| 55–64 | 7929 (21.7) | 37159 (19.9) | 8302 (18.3) |
| 65–74 | 11059 (30.3) | 52590 (28.1) | 9970 (22.0) |
| 75–84 | 9376 (25.7) | 49459 (26.5) | 7714 (17.0) |
| ≥85 | 2396 (6.6) | 18596 (10.0) | 2298 (5.1) |
| Region of residence | |||
| Lake Geneva | 5465 (15.0) | 23980 (12.8) | 7203 (15.9) |
| Mittelland | 7208 (19.7) | 35900 (19.2) | 8601 (19.0) |
| Northwest | 5732 (15.7) | 29611 (15.8) | 7067 (15.6) |
| East | 4966 (13.6) | 26843 (14.4) | 5695 (12.6) |
| Ticino | 2539 (7.0) | 12355 (6.6) | 2879 (6.4) |
| Central | 2476 (6.8) | 1337 (7.1) | 3051 (6.7) |
| Zurich | 8146 (22.3) | 44960 (24.0) | 10868 (24.0) |
| Health insurance status | |||
| Integrated care model | 6263 (17.1) | 35889 (19.2) | 8749 (19.3) |
| Deductible | |||
| High (>CHF500) | 1775 (4.9) | 17125 (9.2) | 4951 (10.9) |
| Low (CHF300/500) | 34757 (94.1) | 169861 (90.8) | 40413 (89.1) |
| Chronic disease score (CDS) | |||
| Mean CDS (sd) | 7746 (6128.9) | 5713 (5250.8) | 6823 (6113.6) |
| Level 1 (0–999) | 1616 (4.4) | 25742 (13.8) | 6874 (15.2) |
| Level 2 (1000–2499) | 6880 (18.8) | 30316 (16.2) | 5922 (13.1) |
| Level 3 (2500–4999) | 5671 (15.5) | 42423 (22.7) | 8388 (18.5) |
| Level 4 (5000–9999) | 12394 (33.9) | 59855 (32.0) | 14736 (32.5) |
| Level 5 (≥10000) | 9971 (27.3) | 28650 (15.3) | 9444 (20.8) |
| Hospitalisation (2011) | 7564 (20.7) | 36747 (19.7) | 8952 (19.7) |
| No. of hospitalised days (2011) | |||
| Mean days (sd) | 3.7 (13.8) | 3.3 (12.8) | 3.4 (13.3) |
| 0–3 days | 30356 (83.1) | 157966 (84.5) | 38311 (84.5) |
| 4–10 days | 2827 (7.7) | 14028 (7.5) | 3387 (7.5) |
| >10 days | 3349 (9.2) | 14992 (8.0) | 3666 (8.1) |