Using an integrated COC index and multilevel measurements to verify the care outcome of patients with multiple chronic conditions

Chan, Chien-Lung; You, Huey-Jen; Huang, Hsin-Tsung; Ting, Hsien-Wei

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-405

Table 1 Subject characteristics and distribution of ED services and hospitalization utilization rates

From: Using an integrated COC index and multilevel measurements to verify the care outcome of patients with multiple chronic conditions

Characteristics of study sample			Utilization rate of ED services					Hospitalization
	Total		Non-use		Use		Testing the consistency of distribution of subjects	Non-use		Use		Testing the consistency of distribution of subjects
	Subjects	Rate (%)	Subjects	Rate (%)	Subjects	Rate (%)	X ² p value (Sig. level)	Subjects	Rate (%)	Subjects	Rate (%)	X ² p value (Sig. level)
Utilization rate of ED services								Hospitalization
Total	280,840	100	266,817	100	14,023	100		220,856	100	59,984	100
Age
≤ 18	21,591	7.69	21,168	7.93	423	3.02	0.0000 *	19,611	8.88	1,980	3.3	0.00000 *
18 ~ 64	148,015	52.7	142,738	53.5	5,277	37.63		122,522	55.48	25,493	42.5
≥ 65	111,234	39.61	102,911	38.57	8,323	59.35		78,723	35.64	32,511	54.2
Sex
Male	127,387	45.36	120,173	45.04	7,214	51.44	0.0000 *	97,268	44.04	30,119	50.21	0.00000 *
Female	153,453	54.64	146,644	54.96	6,809	48.56		123,588	55.96	29,865	49.79
Income status
Non low-income	276,017	98.28	262,491	98.38	13,526	96.46	0.0000 *	217,750	98.59	58,267	97.14	0.00000 *
Low-income	4,823	1.72	4,326	1.62	497	3.54		3,106	1.41	1,717	2.86
Disability status
No	233,285	83.07	224,270	84.05	9,015	64.29	0.0000 *	191,523	86.72	41,762	69.62	0.00000 *
Yes	47,555	16.93	42,547	15.95	5,008	35.71		29,333	13.28	18,222	30.38
Catastrophic illnesses
No	235,420	83.83	225,759	84.61	9,661	68.89	0.0000 *	194,269	87.96	41,151	68.6	0.00000 *
Yes	45,420	16.17	41,058	15.39	4,362	31.11		26,587	12.04	18,833	31.4
Charlson Comorbidity Index score
0	90,919	32.37	89,451	33.53	1,468	10.47	0.0000 *	82,918	37.54	8,001	13.34	0.00000 *
1 ~ 2	119,165	42.43	114,846	43.04	4,319	30.8		98,437	44.57	20,728	34.56
≥ 3	70,756	25.19	62,520	23.43	8,236	58.73		39,501	17.89	31,255	52.11
2	208,663	74.3	199,887	74.92	8,776	62.58	0.0000 *	169,842	76.9	38,821	64.72	0.00000 *
≥ 3	72,177	25.7	66,930	25.09	5,247	37.42		51,014	23.1	21,163	35.28

Note: ‘*’ indicates statistical significance under P ≤ 0.001. ED: Emergency Department.

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