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. 2021 Feb 24;5(2):BJGPO.2020.0134. doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0134

Table 2. Two-part models for health and social care activity: Barking and Dagenham sample of n = 9222 people aged ≥50 years in two-person households.

OR for any activity 95% LL 95%UL Exp gamma coefficient (in the subset with any activity) 95% LL 95% UL Adjusted means across both parts 95% LL 95% UL
Number of primary care visits
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference 7.9 7.7 8.2
Both MLTCs 0.44 0.17 1.11 1.08 1.03 1.12 8.5 8.2 8.8
Both healthy 0.12 0.06 0.27 0.62 0.60 0.65 4.8 4.7 4.9
Healthy/MLTCs 0.13 0.06 0.30 0.66 0.64 0.69 5.1 5.0 5.3
Primary care costs
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference £198 £192 £205
Both MLTCs 0.44 0.17 1.11 1.08 1.03 1.13 £213 £205 £220
Both healthy 0.12 0.06 0.27 0.64 0.62 0.67 £124 £121 £128
Healthy/MLTCs 0.13 0.06 0.30 0.69 0.66 0.72 £134 £130 £138
Outpatient costs
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference £312 £294 £330
Both MLTCs 1.03 0.89 1.19 0.93 0.86 1.00 £293 £275 £311
Both healthy 0.50 0.44 0.56 0.71 0.66 0.76 £172 £162 £182
Healthy/MLTCs 0.51 0.45 0.58 0.73 0.68 0.79 £181 £168 £193
Cost of non-elective admissions
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference £609 £532 £686
Both MLTCs 1.01 0.87 1.17 0.99 0.85 1.14 £606 £527 £684
Both healthy 0.45 0.39 0.53 0.76 0.64 0.90 £247 £205 £288
Healthy/MLTCs 0.42 0.35 0.50 0.63 0.53 0.76 £192 £154 £230
Cost of elective admissions
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference £443 £396 £491
Both MLTCs 1.05 0.92 1.20 1.00 0.88 1.14 £459 £409 £509
Both healthy 0.57 0.51 0.65 0.91 0.80 1.03 £273 £244 £303
Healthy/MLTCs 0.64 0.56 0.73 0.86 0.75 0.98 £281 £245 £316
ED costs
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference £84 £76 £92
Both MLTCs 1.08 0.95 1.23 1.04 0.93 1.16 £91 £82 £99
Both healthy 0.53 0.47 0.60 0.76 0.67 0.85 £43 £38 £47
Healthy/MLTCs 0.52 0.45 0.59 0.78 0.68 0.88 £43 £38 £48
Total hospital costs (outpatient + admissions + ED )
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference £1454 £1338 £1570
Both MLTCs 1.06 0.91 1.24 0.99 0.89 1.11 £1458 £1338 £1578
Both healthy 0.49 0.43 0.56 0.62 0.56 0.69 £743 £685 £800
Healthy/MLTCs 0.47 0.41 0.54 0.59 0.53 0.67 £701 £636 £766
Number of days in hospital
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference 1.58 1.33 1.83
Both MLTCs 0.97 0.84 1.12 0.98 0.80 1.20 1.53 1.28 1.77
Both healthy 0.43 0.37 0.50 0.80 0.63 1.00 0.65 0.51 0.78
Healthy/MLTCs 0.42 0.35 0.50 0.67 0.52 0.87 0.54 0.41 0.67
Community care costs
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference £428 £358 £498
Both MLTCs 1.14 1.00 1.30 1.20 0.97 1.49 £559 £468 £650
Both healthy 0.37 0.32 0.43 0.69 0.54 0.89 £141 £111 £171
Healthy/MLTCs 0.36 0.31 0.42 0.51 0.39 0.68 £103 £77 £128
Mental health costs
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference £318 £155 £482
Both MLTCs 1.24 0.99 1.54 1.41 0.73 2.71 £543 £281 £795
Both healthy 0.37 0.28 0.50 1.01 0.43 2.40 £127 £31 £224
Healthy/MLTCs 0.40 0.30 0.54 0.76 0.30 1.92 £103 £19 £186
Social care costs
MLTCs/healthy Reference Reference £439 £320 £559
Both MLTCs 1.24 0.96 1.59 0.86 0.66 1.13 £461 £347 £575
Both healthy 0.29 0.20 0.43 0.58 0.38 0.88 £80 £42 £118
Healthy/MLTCs 0.27 0.18 0.41 0.51 0.32 0.81 £64 £28 £99

ED = emergency department. Exp = exponentiated. LL= lower limit. MLTCs = multiple long-term conditions. OR = odds ratio. UL = upper limit.