Table 1.

Demographics, health related characteristics and health service use of persons with multimorbidity in 2012 (n = 245.065).

			High needs subgroups
	ALL		GP		ED		Hosp
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
18–49	50,944	21%	3,578	14%	5,117	17%	2,075	13%
50–64	75,440	31%	5,639	22%	7,542	25%	3,373	20%
65–74	59,102	24%	5,713	22%	6,993	23%	3,851	23%
75–84	42,489	17%	6,835	26%	7,076	23%	4,572	28%
85 and older	17,090	7%	4,415	17%	3,678	12%	2,616	16%
Sex
Male	104,257	43%	8,639	33%	13,513	44%	7,561	46%
Female	140,808	57%	17,541	67%	16,875	56%	8,926	54%
No. chronic diseases in 2011–2012
2	110,535	45%	6,232	24%	10,177	33%	5,066	31%
3	62,559	26%	6,014	23%	7,500	25%	3,958	24%
4	34,563	14%	4,763	18%	5,021	17%	2,830	17%
≥5	37,408	15%	9,080	35%	7,690	25%	4,633	28%
Psychological symptoms/disease in 2011–2012*	48,650	20%	6,727	26%	6,522	21%	3,080	19%
No. different medications prescribed in 2012**
0	6,857	3%	99	0.4%	495	2%	216	1%
1	13,896	6%	341	1%	1,007	3%	441	3%
2	20,546	8%	601	2%	1,524	5%	714	4%
3	24,821	10%	1,008	4%	1,988	7%	954	6%
4	26,379	11%	1,311	5%	2,227	7%	1,151	7%
≥5	152,566	62%	22,820	87%	23,147	76%	13,011	79%
Psychotropic drugs prescribed in 2012	71,452	29%	11,901	45%	10,969	36%	5,782	35%
No. contacts with general practice in 2012
0	14,315	6%	145	1%	1,217	4%	650	4%
1–2	49,641	20%	977	4%	4,447	15%	2,367	14%
3–5	76,529	31%	3,214	12%	8,163	27%	4,373	27%
6–8	49,960	20%	4,805	18%	6,517	21%	3,531	21%
9–11	25,554	10%	4,766	18%	3,938	13%	2,158	13%
≥12	29,066	12%	12,273	47%	6,016	20%	3,408	21%

ALL: all patients with multimorbidity (≥2 chronic diseases); GP: patients with multimorbidity and ≥12 GP contacts; ED: patients with multimorbidity with ≥1 visits to the emergency department; HOSP: patients with multimorbidity with ≥ hospitalisations.

*ICPC code from chapter P.

**on ATC-3 level.