Table 2.
Comparative results of the use of resources between institutionalized and non-institutionalized men and women. Year 2017
| HEALTH RESOURCE USE | IOP | non-IOP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Overall | Men | Women | Overall | Pa | ||
| Visits to primary care | Mean (SD) | 13.74 (15.5) | 11.76 (13.3) | 12.26 (14.0) | 11.78 (13.7) | 12.44 (11.7) | 12.15 (11.7) | < 0.0001 |
| Median (IQR) | 9 (4–18) | 8 (3–16) | 8 (3–16) | 9 (4–15) | 8 (4–16) | 9 (4–16) | ||
| Admissions to acute care hospitals (%) | 63.03 | 41.58 | 47.56 | 32.13 | 24.19 | 27.66 | < 0.0001 | |
| Urgent admissions to acute care hospitals (%) | 52.31 | 35.72 | 40.34 | 16.45 | 11.41 | 13.61 | < 0.0001 | |
| Patients with > 1 urgent admission to hospital (%) | 11.79 | 7.05 | 3.55 | 3.30 | 2.05 | 2.34 | < 0.0001 | |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | Mean (SD) | 4.20 (9.9) | 2.62 (7.3) | 3.06 (8.1) | 1.67 (7.0) | 1.08 (5.2) | 1.34 (6.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Median (IQR) | 0 (0–4) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | ||
| Length of hospital stay (only acute care hospitals) (days) | Mean (SD) | 11.24 (13 (4) | 9.41 (11.2) | 10.03 (12.1) | 8.14 (13.7) | 6.34 (11.2) | 7.21 (12.5) | < 0.0001 |
| Median (IQR) | 7 (3–15) | 6 (2–12) | 7 (2–13) | 4 (0–10) | 2 (0–8) | 3 (0–9) | ||
| Length of hospital stay for urgent admissions (days) (over all admissions) | Mean (SD) | 3.73 (9.0) | 2.40 (6.8) | 2.77 (7.5) | 1.25 (5.9) | 0.83 (4.5) | 1.01 (5.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Median (IQR) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | ||
| Length of hospital stay for urgent admissions (days) (over urgent admissions) | Mean (SD) | 11.39 (12.6) | 9.66 (10.7) | 10.24 (11.4) | 11.28 (14.0) | 9.99 (12.2) | 10.65 (13.2) | < 0.0001 | 0.286 b |
| Median (IQR) | 8 (3–15) | 7 (3–12) | 7 (3–13) | 7 (3–14) | 7(3–12) | 7(3–13) | ||
| Admissions to emergency services | Mean (SD) | 1.21 (1.7) | 0.89 (1.4) | 0.89 (1.5) | 0.60 (1.3) | 0.56 (1.2) | 0.58 (1.3) | 0.006 | < 0.0001 b |
| Median (IQR) | 1 (0–2) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | ||
| Visits to specialized hospital care | Mean (SD) | 2.18 (3.8) | 1.45 (2.9) | 1.65 (3.2) | 3.44 (5.1) | 2.95 (4.5) | 3.17 (4.7) | < 0.0001 |
| Median (IQR) | 1 (0–3) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–2) | 2 (0–5) | 1 (0–4) | 1 (0–4) | ||
| Visits to outpatient mental health services (%) | 14.22 | 8.99 | 10.45 | 4.99 | 9.43 | 7.48 | < 0.0001 | |
| Admissions to nursing skilled facilities (%) | 34.97 | 24.99 | 27.77 | 7.69 | 7.21 | 7.42 | < 0.0001 | |
| Dispensed medicines (No. of packages) | Mean (SD) | 93.98 (79.9) | 90.37 (67.3) | 91.38 (71.1) | 56.52 (65.3) | 56.15 (56.7) | 56.31(60.6) | < 0.0001 |
| Median (IQR) | 82 (49–122) | 80 (47–119) | 81 (47 (120) | 43 (17–78) | 44 (18–80) | 44 (17–79) | ||
| Prescribed medicines (different active ingredients) | Mean (SD) | 12.07 (5.5) | 11.60 (5.5) | 11.73 (5.5) | 7.63 (5.6) | 8.24 (5.6) | 7.97 (5.6) | < 0.0001 |
| Median (IQR) | 12 (8–15) | 11 (8–15) | 11 (8–15) | 7 (3–11) | 8 (4–12) | 7 (4–11) | ||
a Categorical variables were compared using a ANOVA test, whereas continuous variables were compared using the U Mann-Whitney test. Unless otherwise specified, the p-value corresponds to both, man/woman and IOP/non-IOP comparisons
bp-values correspond to man/woman | IOP/non-IOP
IOP Institutionalized Older People. non-IOP Non-Institutionalized Older People. IQR Interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles). SD standard deviation