Table 3.

Health service utilisation^a

Service	Service use attributable to patients with multimorbidity, %	Yearly rate ratio of service use (95% CI) in patients with versus those without multimorbiditya	Yearly service utilisation, median (25–75%)		Minimum/maximum yearly service utilisation
			Multimorbidityb	No multimorbidityc	Multimorbidityb	No multimorbidityc
General practice consultations	52.86	2.56 (2.48 to 2.64)	9 (4–16.4)	2 (0–5.25)	0/194	0/156
Prescriptions	78.7	5.91 (5.71 to 6.12)	28.5 (9.25–61)	0.75 (0–2.25)	0/1061	0/132
Hospital admissions	56.14	2.58 (2.48 to 2.69)	0.25 (0–0.75)	0 (0–0.25)	0/156	0/150

^aResults from the fitted negative binomial model adjusted for sex, age group, and socioeconomic status.

^b≥2 morbidities.

^c0–1 morbidities.