Rates of health events per person-year* for study participants admitted with a preventable hospitalisation during 2010, as well as a demographically matched cohort of study participants not admitted for a preventable hospitalisation
| Participants admitted with preventable hospitalisation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By number of admissions | ||||||
| Type of health event/ service use | Total (n=8715) | 1 (n=6784) | 2 (n=1408) | 3 (n=299) | 4+ (n=224) | Matched† non-admitted cohort (n=8715) |
| GP consultations | 13.1 | 12.5 | 14.7 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 9.7 |
| ED presentations | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.4 |
| Other hospitalisations | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 0.8 |
| Specialist consultations | 6.8 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 3.7 |
| Deaths | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.03 |
*For GP consultations, ED presentations, other hospitalisations and specialist consultations, an observation period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2011 or death (whichever came first). For deaths, an observation period from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011 or death (whichever came first), as only study participants alive at 1 January 2010 were considered for analysis.
†Study participants not admitted for a preventable hospitalisation in 2010, propensity matched to participants admitted for a preventable hospitalisation by age (in 10-year age groups), sex, remoteness of residence, education, marital status, language spoken at home, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status, employment status, household income, private health insurance, number of people can depend on, BMI, self-rated health, multimorbidity, functional limitations and psychological distress (see online supplementary file 2).
BMI, body mass index; ED, emergency department; GP, general practitioner.