Table 5.
Inpatient admissions, by primary care attendance in the same year
| Inpatient admissions rate | Odds of inpatient admissions with at least one PHC contact* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Number of patients |
% No. PHC contact |
No PHC contact |
1+ PHC contact |
Crude OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR† (95%
CI) |
|
| ALL 2005 |
258 215 |
8.2 |
0.121 |
0.059 |
0.45 (0.36, 0.57) |
0.20 (0.15, 0.25) |
| ALL 2012 |
299 439 |
6.7 |
0.107 |
0.041 |
0.36 (0.31, 0.42) |
0.13 (0.11, 0.16) |
|
By
gender: | ||||||
| Males 2005 |
82 280 |
10.0 |
0.140 |
0.074 |
0.49 (0.40, 0.61) |
0.22 (0.17, 0.27) |
| Males 2012 |
112 930 |
7.8 |
0.128 |
0.050 |
0.36 (0.31, 0.42) |
0.13 (0.11, 0.17) |
| Females 2005 |
163 810 |
7.3 |
0.107 |
0.051 |
0.45 (0.35, 0.57) |
0.18 (0.13, 0.23) |
| Females 2012 |
186 509 |
6.1 |
0.091 |
0.036 |
0.37 (0.31, 0.44) |
0.13 (0.10, 0.16) |
|
By age
group: | ||||||
| 15–44, 2005 |
32 603 |
22.3 |
0.047 |
0.018 |
0.38 (0.30, 0.48) |
0.31 (0.24, 0.40) |
| 15–44, 2012 |
34 120 |
20.2 |
0.042 |
0.012 |
0.28 (0.24, 0.34) |
0.22 (0.18, 0.28) |
| 45–54, 2005 |
36 624 |
11.1 |
0.084 |
0.041 |
0.46 (0.40, 0.54) |
0.32 (0.26, 0.39) |
| 45–54, 2012 |
39 114 |
9.0 |
0.068 |
0.021 |
0.29 (0.25, 0.34) |
0.18 (0.15, 0.21) |
| 55–64, 2005 |
55 050 |
8.0 |
0.113 |
0.056 |
0.46 (0.36, 0.59) |
0.28 (0.21, 0.38) |
| 55–64, 2012 |
69 122 |
6.1 |
0.092 |
0.034 |
0.34 (0.31, 0.39) |
0.19 (0.16, 0.22) |
| 65–74, 2005 |
70 603 |
5.1 |
0.185 |
0.068 |
0.32 (0.25, 0.43) |
0.19 (0.13, 0.26) |
| 65–74, 2012 |
73 284 |
4.2 |
0.159 |
0.046 |
0.26 (0.20, 0.33) |
0.13 (0.09, 0.19) |
| 75 +, 2005 |
63 335 |
3.1 |
0.378 |
0.078 |
0.14 (0.10, 0.19) |
0.06 (0.04, 0.09) |
| 75 +, 2012 |
83 799 |
2.9 |
0.307 |
0.061 |
0.15 (0.12, 0.19) |
0.07 (0.05, 0.09) |
|
By
multimorbidity: | ||||||
| MM1, 2005 |
197 950 |
10.1 |
0.114 |
0.026 |
0.21 (0.16, 0.26) |
0.16 (0.13, 0.20) |
| MM1, 2012 |
230 954 |
8.3 |
0.099 |
0.016 |
0.15 (0.12, 0.17) |
0.11 (0.09, 0.13) |
| MM2, 2005 |
49 976 |
2.4 |
0.237 |
0.133 |
0.50 (0.40, 0.61) |
0.47 (0.40, 0.56) |
| MM2, 2012 |
56 367 |
1.8 |
0.229 |
0.097 |
0.36 (0.29, 0.44) |
0.32 (0.27, 0.39) |
| MM3, 2005 |
8986 |
0.8 |
0.306 |
0.262 |
0.81 (0.58, 1.11) |
0.78 (0.56, 1.07) |
| MM3, 2012 |
10 399 |
0.8 |
0.481 |
0.212 |
0.29 (0.21, 0.40) |
0.28 (0.20, 0.39) |
| MM4 +,
2005 |
1303 |
0.2 |
0.667 |
0.448 |
N/A‡ |
N/A‡ |
| MM4 +, 2012 | 1719 | 0.1 | <0.001 | 0.370 | N/A‡ | N/A‡ |
PHC – Primary Health Care, MM1 – 1 multi–morbidity, MM2 – 2 multi–morbidities, MM3 – 3 multi–morbidities, MM4+ – 4 or more multi–morbidities, OR – odds ratio
*ORs derived from logistic regression model for the subgroup, with any inpatient admissions as the dependent variable, and any PHC attendance in the same year as the explanatory variable. Reference group: patients with no PHC contact (OR = 1).
†Adjusted ORs also control for age groups and multimorbidity for subgroups by gender; gender and multimorbidity for age subgroups; and gender and age for multimorbidity subgroups.
‡There are less than 5 cases in the subgroup, regression results not available.