Table 2.
Patients’ characteristics by chronic disease and care model (integrated vs standard) after propensity matching.
| Characteristic | Diabetes | Cardiovascular diseases | Respiratory illnesses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| With ICM n = 6263 |
With SCM n = 6263 |
With ICM n = 35,889 |
With SCM n = 35,889 |
With ICM n = 8749 |
With SCM n = 8749 |
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
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| Population characteristics (2012) | ||||||
| Male | 3507 (56.0) | 3536 (56.5) | 16,913 (47.1) | 16,803 (46.8) | 3770 (43.1) | 3916 (44.8) |
| Mean age (sd) | 67.1 (12.8) | 67.1 (12.6) | 68.0 (13.5) | 67.8 (13.5) | 57.1 (18.9) | 56.3 (18.3) |
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| 18–44 | 355 (5.7) | 322 (5.1) | 2071 (5.8) | 1992 (5.6) | 2434 (27.8) | 2414 (27.6) |
| 45–54 | 615 (9.8) | 621 (9.9) | 3508 (9.8) | 3799 (10.6) | 1186 (13.6) | 1365 (15.6) |
| 55–64 | 1264 (20.2) | 1419 (22.7) | 6701 (18.7) | 7193 (20.0) | 1398 (6.0) | 1590 (18.2) |
| 65–74 | 2073 (33.1) | 2009 (32.1) | 11,024 (30.7) | 10,512 (29.3) | 1986 (22.7) | 1811 (20.7) |
| 75–84 | 1634 (26.0) | 1536 (24.5) | 9594 (26.7) | 9229 (25.7) | 1390 (15.9) | 1239 (14.2) |
| ≥85 | 325 (5.2) | 356 (5.7) | 2991 (8.3) | 3164 (8.8) | 355 (4.1) | 330 (3.8) |
| Region of residence | ||||||
| Lake Geneva | 407 (6.5) | 413 (6.6) | 1815 (5.1) | 1866 (5.2) | 952 (10.9) | 1032 (11.8) |
| Mittelland | 1297 (20.7) | 1290 (20.6) | 7340 (20.5) | 7393 (20.6) | 1877 (21.5) | 189 (21.6) |
| Northwest | 1636 (26.1) | 1603 (25.6) | 8880 (24.7) | 8685 (24.2) | 1992 (22.8) | 1925 (22.0) |
| East | 1307 (20.9) | 1321 (21.1) | 7506 (20.9) | 7465 (20.8) | 1442 (16.5) | 1365 (15.6) |
| Ticino | 5 (0.1) | 6 (0.1) | 33 (0.1) | 36 (0.1) | 13 (0.2) | 17 (0.2) |
| Central | 235 (3.8) | 232 (3.7) | 1370 (3.8) | 1364 (3.8) | 354 (4.1) | 341 (3.9) |
| Zurich | 1376 (22.0) | 1397 (22.3) | 8945 (27.9) | 9080 (25.3) | 2119 (24.2) | 2179 (24.9) |
| Health insurance status | ||||||
| Deductible | ||||||
| High (>CHF500) | 311 (5.0) | 297 (4.7) | 3844 (10.7) | 3731 (10.4) | 1276 (14.6) | 1245 (14.2) |
| Low (CHF300/500) | 5952 (95.0) | 5966 (95.3) | 32,045 89.3) | 32,158 (89.6) | 7473 (85.4) | 7504 (85.8) |
| Chronic Disease Score | ||||||
| Mean chronic disease score (sd) | 7141 (5860.7) | 6966 (5491.9) | 5122 (4928.4) | 4975 (4685.2) | 5844 (5560.4) | 5561 (5161.5) |
| Level 1 (0–999) | 302 (4.8) | 321 (5.1) | 5873 (16.4) | 5884 (16.4) | 1660 (19.0) | 1777 (20.3) |
| Level 2 (1000–2499) | 1326 (21.2) | 1384 (22.1) | 6396 (17.8) | 6585 (18.4) | 1330 (15.2) | 1377 (15.7) |
| Level 3 (2500–4999) | 1061 (16.9) | 1041 (16.6) | 8544 (23.8) | 8581 (23.9) | 1782 (20.4) | 1757 (20.1) |
| Level 4 (5000–9999) | 2129 (34.0) | 2105 (33.6) | 10,686 (29.8) | 10,659 (29.7) | 2638 (30.2) | 2531 (28.9) |
| Level 5 (≥10,000) | 1445 (23.1) | 1412 (22.6) | 4390 (12.2) | 4180 (11.7) | 1339 (15.3) | 1307 (14.9) |
| Hospitalisation (2011) | 1217 (19.4) | 1132 (18.1) | 6512 (18.1) | 5537 (15.4) | 1376 (15.7) | 1373 (15.7) |
| No. of hospitalised days (2011) | ||||||
| Mean days (sd) | 3.2 (12.4) | 3.1 (12.0) | 2.6 (10.4) | 2.2 (8.9) | 2.3 (10.3) | 2.0 (8.4) |
| 0–3 days | 5284 (84.4) | 5320 (84.9) | 30,896 (86.1) | 31,587 (88.0) | 7715 (88.2) | 7725 (88.3) |
| 4–10 days | 494 (7.9) | 475 (7.6) | 2678 (7.5) | 2148 (6.0) | 583 (6.7) | 566 (6.5) |
| >10 days | 485 (7.7) | 468 (7.5) | 2315 (6.5) | 2154 (6.0) | 451 (5.1) | 458 (5.2) |
ICM, integrated care model; SCM, standard care model; sd, standard deviation.