Table 2.
Relationship between numbers of (i) physiotherapy claims, (ii) podiatry claims and (iii) other allied health claims within 12 months of a General Practice Management Plan/Team Care Arrangement and time to (a) first subsequent emergency admission, and (b) first subsequent potentially preventable hospital admission, adjusting for other covariates
| Experienced an emergency hospitalisation within five years |
Adjusted HR – adjusting for all other socio-demographic, health status, health risk and health utilisation factors |
Experienced a potentially preventable hospital admission within five years | Adjusted HR – adjusting for all other socio-demographic, health status, health risk and health utilisation factors |
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| Allied health claims | N | % | N | N | % | HR (95% CI) |
| Number of physiotherapy claims within 12 months | ||||||
| Zero | 2088 | 43.8 | 1 | 1063 | 22.3 | 1 |
| One to two | 79 | 44.9 | 0.95 (0.76–1.20) | 36 | 20.5 | 0.87 (0.62–1.22) |
| Three to four | 99 | 39.6 | 0.90 (0.74–1.11) | 55 | 22.0 | 0.92 (0.70–1.22) |
| Five or more | 228 | 39.4 | 0.83 (0.72–0.95) a | 110 | 19.0 | 0.79 (0.64–0.96)a |
| Number of podiatry claims within 12 months | ||||||
| Zero | 1,943 | 40.4 | 1 | 971 | 20.2 | 1 |
| One to two | 147 | 50.9 | 1.01 (0.85–1.20) | 84 | 29.1 | 1.21 (0.96–1.51) |
| Three to four | 166 | 61.7 | 1.13 (0.96–1.33) | 90 | 33.5 | 1.22 (0.97–1.52) |
| Five or more | 238 | 58.9 | 0.96 (0.84–1.11) | 119 | 29.5 | 0.96 (0.79–1.17) |
| Number of other allied health claims within 12 months | ||||||
| Zero | 2204 | 44.3 | 1 | 1098 | 22.1 | 1 |
| One to two | 125 | 34.5 | 0.78 (0.65–0.94) a | 77 | 21.3 | 1.00 (0.79–1.26) |
| Three to four | 66 | 35.3 | 0.81 (0.63–1.03) | 35 | 18.7 | 0.83 (0.59–1.17) |
| Five or more | 99 | 39.9 | 0.99 (0.81–1.22) | 54 | 21.8 | 1.06 (0.81–1.40) |
| TOTAL | 2494 | 43.2 | 21.9 | |||
HR = hazard ratio.
a
Significantly decreased hazard compared to ref category.