Table 2 Healthcare utilization and mortality*
Total group | No hospitalization in the year before the index hospitalization | ≥ 1 hospitalization the year before index hospitalization | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Without re-admission (n = 466) | With re-admission (n = 737) | p-value | Without re-admission (n = 140) | With re-admission (n = 99) | p-value | Without re-admission (n = 326) | With re-admission (n = 638) | p-value | |
Index hospitalization length (days) | 5.5 ± 7.3 | 4.8 ± 5.0 | 0.07 | 5.1 ± 5.0 | 4.1 ± 3. 3 | 0.08 | 5.6 ± 8.0 | 4.9 ± 5.2 | 0.11 |
No. of family physician visits the year before index hospitalization | 13.2 ± 10.3 | 17.5 ± 11.7 | < 0.0001 | 8.5 ± 7.0 | 9.2 ± 6.9 | 0.44 | 15.2 ± 10.8 | 18.8 ± 11.1 | < 0.0001 |
No. of family physician visits in 3 months after index hospitalization | 4.2 ± 3.5 | 6.2 ± 4.0 | < 0.0001 | 3.7 ± 2.8 | 5.6 ± 4.2 | 0.0001 | 4.4 ± 3.8 | 6.3 ± 4.0 | < 0.0001 |
Pulmonologist visit the year before index hospitalization | 32.6% | 46.3% | < 0.0001 | 12.1% | 13.1% | 0.82 | 41.4% | 51.4% | 0.003 |
Pulmonologist visit the year after index hospitalization | 32.0% | 56.0% | < 0.0001 | 29.2% | 61.6% | < 0.0001 | 33.1% | 55.2% | < 0.0001 |
1 year mortality after index hospitalization | 9.2% | 15.1% | 0.003 | 3.6% | 12.1% | 0.01 | 11.6% | 15.5% | 0.10 |