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Table 3 Annual average hospitalisations, avoidable hospitalisation, death rate and years of life lost by primary health care utilisation groups, NT remote Indigenous communities, 2002-2011

From: Better health outcomes at lower costs: the benefits of primary care utilisation for chronic disease management in remote Indigenous communities in Australia’s Northern Territory

Annual average

Primary care utilisation

95% confidence interval

Reduction

Low (n = 6987)

Medium (n = 5926)

High (n = 1271)

Low

Medium

High

Medium

High

Hospitalisations per person

Diabetes

5 (1421)

1.1 (1892)

1 (772)

4.87-5.11

1.06-1.16

0.89-1.04

78%

80%

IHD

5.9 (612)

2.3 (626)

1.5 (340)

5.69-6.08

2.22-2.47

1.34-1.6

61%

75%

COPD

3.4 (572)

1.3 (657)

1 (322)

3.27-3.58

1.18-1.35

0.92-1.15

62%

71%

Renal Disease

7.7 (1143)

1.2 (1923)

1.1 (826)

7.54-7.87

1.16-1.26

1.06-1.2

84%

86%

Hypertension

4 (1433)

1.1 (1986)

0.9 (832)

3.92-4.13

1.07-1.16

0.88-1.01

73%

78%

PAHs

Diabetes

2.7

0.6

0.5

2.6-2.78

0.6-0.67

0.48-0.59

76%

80%

IHD

4

1.5

0.9

3.8-4.12

1.43-1.63

0.84-1.05

63%

78%

COPD

2

0.8

0.8

1.93-2.17

0.76-0.9

0.66-0.86

60%

60%

Renal Disease

3.4

0.5

0.6

3.31-3.53

0.5-0.57

0.54-0.65

85%

82%

Hypertension

2.3

0.7

0.5

2.19-2.35

0.64-0.71

0.49-0.6

70%

78%

Deaths (per 100)

Diabetes

3.23

0.99

0.80

2.92-3.53

0.85-1.14

0.59-1

69%

75%

IHD

4.71

1.76

1.61

4.16-5.26

1.42-2.09

1.17-2.04

63%

66%

COPD

5.08

1.96

2.04

4.48-5.68

1.62-2.31

1.54-2.54

61%

60%

Renal Disease

4.21

1.18

1.06

3.82-4.59

1.02-1.34

0.83-1.29

72%

75%

Hypertension

3.11

1.28

0.97

2.82-3.41

1.12-1.44

0.75-1.19

59%

69%

YLLs

Diabetes

1.00

0.24

0.20

0.99-1.02

0.23-0.24

0.19-0.21

76%

80%

IHD

1.47

0.46

0.39

1.44-1.5

0.44-0.47

0.37-0.41

69%

73%

COPD

1.32

0.41

0.44

1.29-1.35

0.39-0.42

0.41-0.46

69%

67%

Renal Disease

1.30

0.28

0.25

1.28-1.32

0.27-0.28

0.24-0.27

78%

81%

Hypertension

0.89

0.30

0.23

0.87-0.9

0.29-0.31

0.22-0.24

66%

74%

  1. Notes: n: sample size; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IHD: Ischemic heart disease; PAH: Potentially avoidable hospitalisations; YLLs: Years of life lost.