Table 1.

Utilisation statistics and patient characteristics by household structure, percentages and mean (standard deviation)

	Household Structure
	Alone (n = 741)	Other (n = 706)	Total cohort (n = 1447)
Utilisation statistics
At least 12 general practice appointments (%)	21.2	13.9	17.6
At least 1 emergency department attendances (%)	30.6	20.7	11.2
At least 1 inpatient admissions (%)	25.5	18.7	9.7
At least 5 outpatient appointments (%)	17.8	16.7	17.3
Mean general practice appointments (SD)	7.6 (8.6)	6.2 (5.8)	7.0 (7.4)
Mean emergency department attendances (SD)	0.7 (2.7)	0.3 (0.9)	0.5 (2.0)
Mean inpatient admissions (SD)	0.5 (1.2)	0.3 (0.9)	0.4 (1.1)
Mean outpatient appointments (SD)	2.4 (3.2)	2.2 (6.8)	2.3 (3.1)
Patient characteristics
Mean age (SD)	74.7 (8.1)	73.1 (6.8)	73.9 (7.5)
Female (%)	55.7	50.8	53.4
Age band (%)
65 to 69	35.6	38.2	36.9
70 to 74	22.5	24.8	23.6
75 to 79	13.6	18.7	16.1
80 plus	28.2	18.3	23.4
Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile (%)
1 (most deprived)	18.6	21.4	20.0
2	19.7	19.3	19.5
3	22.0	13.6	17.9
4	17.3	20.0	18.6
5 (least deprived)	22.4	25.8	24.0
Long-term condition count (%)
0	9.6	13.2	11.3
1	17.1	19.3	18.2
2	23.5	25.4	24.4
3 plus	49.8	42.2	46.1
Mean physical long-term condition count (SD)	2.5 (1.7)	2.2 (1.6)	2.3 (1.7)
Psychological long-term condition (%)	26.2	19.0	22.7