Table 2.

Health services utilisation in 2013 in function of liver disease group

	Compensated group No hepatic decompensation	Hepatic decompensation
		Previous decompensation group Decompensation before 2012, but not during 2012	Recent decompensation group Decompensation during 2012
Cases	25 299	5393	4048
Admission rate (×100)*	29.2	60.8	117.9
Mean length of hospitalisation (days)*	1.8	4.5	9.6
Unplanned admission rate (×100)*	16.5	37.8	78.3
Patients with unplanned admission (%)*	10.8	22.9	40.3
Patients >1 unplanned admission (%)*	3.4	8.4	18.5
Emergency visit rates (×100)*	71.2	111.1	186.8
Patients with emergency visit (%)*	33.8	45.5	61.4
Patients with >1 emergency visits (%)*	15.7	25.7	38.8
Gastroenterology/hepatology specialist outpatient visits (average)*	0.6	1.8	2.6
Other hospital outpatient visits (average)	3.1	4.3	4.8
Primary care visits (average)*	11.8	13.4	16.5
Users of a skilled nursing facility (%)*	4.0	7.3	15.7
Mental health outpatient visits rate (×100)	16.6	13.5	15.1
Psychiatric hospital admission rate (×100)	0.6	0.7	1.6

*P< 0.001

Likewise, the mean length of hospitalisation increased from 1.8 days in compensated patients to 4.5 days in previously decompensated patients to 9.6 days in recently decompensated patients.