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Table 3 Age- and sex-specific mean in-hospital days, physician visits and drugs for the treatment of chronic conditions

From: Official statistics and claims data records indicate non-response and recall bias within survey-based estimates of health care utilization in the older population

  

Males

Females

Age/sex standard

 

Age group (years)

65-69

70-74

75-79

80-84

85-90

65-69

70-74

75-79

80-84

85-90

 

Inhospital days

KORA-Age

2.8

2.5

3.1

3.3

5.4

3.7

2.7

3.7

4.0

5.1

3.4

AOK SHI fund 2009*

2.4

4.9

5.1

5.5

7.0

3.7

3.2

5.1

5.0

5.7

4.3

Delta as a %

18%

−49%

−40%

−40%

−23%

1%

−14%

−27%

−20%

−11%

−21%

AOK SHI fund 2006

3.6

4.1

4.5

5.1

5.3

2.3

3.4

4.0

4.6

5.3

3.9

Delta 2006 as a %

−22%

−39%

−31%

−35%

2%

63%

−21%

−7%

−14%

−3%

−13%

Physician visits

KORA-Age

9.2

9.5

10.7

12.7

13.2

9.8

10.7

11.4

14.4

13.0

10.9

AOK SHI fund 2009*

29.0

36.3

38.7

39.8

43.0

33.0

36.2

39.2

37.4

40.5

35.9

Delta as a %

−68%

−74%

−72%

−68%

−69%

−70%

−70%

−71%

−62%

−68%

−70%

AOK SHI fund 2006

28.2

33.3

36.0

37.1

38.4

30.1

32.3

33.8

36.2

38.2

33.1

Delta 2006 as a %

−67%

−71%

−70%

−66%

−66%

−68%

−67%

−66%

−60%

−66%

−67%

Number of drugs for treatment of chronic conditions

KORA-Age

1.9

2.2

2.8

2.9

2.9

1.9

2.2

2.6

3.0

3.1

2.4

AOK SHI fund 2009*

2.3

2.5

2.8

2.8

3.3

2.3

2.5

3.0

3.1

3.5

2.7

Delta as a %

−17%

−9%

0%

4%

−12%

−16%

−9%

−12%

−5%

−10%

−9%

AOK SHI fund 2006

1.9

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.4

1.9

2.2

2.5

2.7

2.6

2.2

Delta 2006 as a %

2%

2%

21%

24%

18%

3%

2%

6%

12%

21%

8%

  1. *Extrapolated from 2006 data.