From: Frequent use of hospital inpatient services during a nine year period: a retrospective cohort study
Aboriginal | Non-Aboriginal | TOTAL | ||||
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Patients | Episodes | Patients | Episodes | Patients | Episodes | |
Total study population (n) | 32 423 | 159 496 | 72 948 | 199 164 | 105 371 | 358 660 |
Female (%) | 58.2 | 62.1 | 52.5 | 51.9 | 54.3 | 56.5 |
Median age (years)a | 31 | 39 | 36 | |||
Rural/remote residence (%)b | 69.1 | 66.7 | 18.6 | 17.1 | 34.2 | 39.2 |
Alcohol-related flag (%) | 24.4 | 13.3 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 10.7 | 7.5 |
Mental health flag (%) | 9.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 3.9 |
Pregnancy-related flag (%) | 26.3 | 15.3 | 21.7 | 16.5 | 23.1 | 16.0 |
Any frequent use (FU) (%) | 21.7 | 57.8 | 10.0 | 37.7 | 13.6 | 46.6 |
1 FU year (%) | 14.3 | 23.9 | 8.0 | 22.3 | 9.9 | 23.0 |
2+ FU years (%) | 7.4 | 33.9 | 2.0 | 15.4 | 3.7 | 23.6 |