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Table 1 Socio-demographic, Comorbidity, and Health Care Utilization Characteristics of Diabetes, Dementia, Stroke Cohorts

From: Insights on multimorbidity and associated health service use and costs from three population-based studies of older adults in Ontario with diabetes, dementia and stroke

 

Diabetes

Dementia

Stroke

Total Cohort - 2008

376,421

100,630

29,673

Age groups: 66–74 years

189,867 (50.4%)

20,379 (20.3%)

9,471 (31.9%)

 75–84 years

149,558 (39.7%)

47,937 (47.6%)

13,646 (46.0%)

 85+ years

36,966 (9.9%)

32,314 (32.1%)

6,556 (22.1%)

Age – Mean (SD)

75.3 (6.5)

80.9 (7.2)

78.5 (7.2)

Gender: Male

189,005 (50.2%)

39,666 (39.4%)

14,817 (49.9%)

 Female

187,416 (49.8%)

60,694 (60.6%)

14,856 (50.1%)

# of comorbid conditions: 0

16,515 (4.4%)

3,750 (3.7%)

255 (0.9%)

 1

72,380 (19.2%)

13,415 (13.3%)

2,026 (6.8%)

 2

113,893 (30.3%)

23,543 (23.4%)

5,162 (17.4%)

 3

87,874 (23.3%)

23,923 (23.8%)

6,876 (23.2%)

 4

49,615 (13.2%)

17,462 (17.4%)

6,295 (21.2%)

 5+

36,144 (9.6%)

18,537 (18.4%)

9,059 (30.5%)

Average # comorbidities – Mean (SD)

2.5 (1.33)

2.9 (1.48)

3.5 (1.28)

Health Service Utilization 2008 – Mean (SD)

General Practitioner Visits

10.38 (10.81)

12.81 (14.97)

13.24 (14.91)

Specialist Visits

12.89 (14.48)

13.47 (15.82)

15.64 (17.01)

Emergency Department Visits

1.80 (11.00)

1.65 (9.00)

2.40 (12.58)

Hospitalizations

 Medical

0.20 (0.61)

0.30 (0.71)

0.36 (0.82)

 Surgical

0.08 (0.30)

0.07 (0.29)

0.09 (0.32)

 ALC

0.03 (0.19)

0.08 (0.30)

0.07 (0.28)

 ICU

0.04 (0.24)

0.04 (0.21)

0.06 (0.27)

Homecare nursing visits

2.96 (17.54)

3.95 (20.29)

4.32 (20.63)

Total Health Service Use Costs (2008)

$1,408,188,080

$713,692,137

$231,045,259

Average Costs Per Patient (2008)

$3,741

$7,092

$7,786