Table 2.

Description of patient samples at T1 (n = 1187597) and T2 (n = 1591017)

	4 years after start (year 2012)		5 years after start (year 2013)
	Patients in GPCC (n = 610985)	Patients in usual care (n = 576612)	Patients in GPCC (n = 823951)	Patients in usual care (n = 767057)
Mean age in years (SD)	59.3 (17,5)	58.4 (18,3)	58.0 (18.4)	54.9 (19,8)
Women (%)	57.4	58.1	56.6	56.4
German nationality	87.2	86.5	85.7	84.1
Morbidity (mean Charlson index)(SD)	1.5 (2.0)	1.4 (1.9)	1.4 (2.0)	1.1 (1.8)
Stay in GPCC (in quarter years)(SD)	13.2 (2.5)	–	15.6 (4.4)	–