Table 2.
Rates of consultations and invoiced diagnostic tests among cases and references
| Months before diagnosis | Rates of consultations (95% CI) |
Additional rates (95% CI) |
Rates of diagnostic tests (95% CI) |
Additional rates (95% CI) |
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| Cases (n=1386) |
References (n=13 860) | Cases (n=1386) |
References (n=13 860) |
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| 1–3 | 2.43 (2.30 to 2.55) |
0.75 (0.73 to 0.76) |
1.67
(1.55 to 1.80) |
0.72 (0.64 to 0.81) |
0.12 (0.11 to 0.13) |
0.60
(0.52 to 0.69) |
| 4–6 | 1.02 (0.94 to 1.10) |
0.82 (0.80 to 0.85) |
0.20
(0.12 to 0.28) |
0.18 (0.14 to 0.23) |
0.13 (0.12 to 0.14) |
0.05
(0.01 to 0.11) |
| 7–9 | 0.99 (0.91 to 1.08) |
0.82 (0.80 to 0.84) |
0.18
(0.09 to 0.27) |
0.13 (0.11 to 0.17) |
0.12 (0.11 to 0.13) |
0.02 (−0.01 to 0.05) |
| 10–12 | 0.95 (0.87 to 1.03) |
0.83 (0.81 to 085) |
0.12
(0.04 to 0.20) |
0.13 (0.10 to 0.16) |
0.12 (0.12 to 0.13) |
0.01 (−0.02 to 0.04) |
| 13–15 | 0.90 (0.82 to 0.98) |
0.80 (0.78 to 0.83) |
0.10
(0.02 to 0.18) |
0.17 (0.13 to 0.21) |
0.12 (0.53 to 0.13) |
0.05
(0.01 to 0.08) |
| 16–18 | 0.88 (0.80 to 0.95) |
0.76 (0.74 to 0.79) |
0.11
(0.33 to 0.19) |
0.13 (0.10 to 0.16) |
0.11 (0.10 to 0.12) |
0.02 (−0.01 to 0.05) |
| 19–21 | 0.85 (0.77 to 0.92) |
0.79 (0.77 to 0.82) |
0.05 (−0.03 to 0.13) |
0.15 (0.11 to 0.18) |
0.11 (0.10 to 0.12) |
0.04 (−0.00 to 0.07) |
| 22–24 | 0.79 (0.72 to 0.85) |
0.79 (0.77 to 0.82) |
0.00 (−0.08 to 0.07) |
0.09 (0.07 to 0.11) |
0.11 (0.11 to 0.13) |
−0.03 (−0.06 to 0.00) |
| Total (1–24) |
8.82 | 6.38 |
2.43
(2.08 to 2.78) |
1.71 (1.55 to 1.87) |
0.95 (0.92 to 0.98) |
0.76 (0.64 to 0.88) |
Additional rates are the difference between consultation rates of cases and references.
Statistically significant additional rates are presented in bold.