Baseline characteristics of coordinated, uncoordinated and not applicable patients within the first quarter of 2011
| First quarter of 2011 | Coordinated care | Uncoordinated care | Not determinable |
| n (%) | 1 629 302 (45.1) | 1 825 840 (50.5) | 1 61 368 (4.5) |
| Age (mean) | 55.3 | 48.3 | 49.0 |
| Gender: male (%) | 614 274 (37.7) | 606 793 (33.2) | 47 390(29.4) |
| Proportion with chronic illness (%) | 85.4 | 67.5 | 51.4 |
| Proportion with mental illness (%) | 16.8 | 18.3 | 12.1 |
| Number of medical condition categories (mean) | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| Proportion with doctor shopping (%) | 1.3 | 8.9 | 0.1 |
| Proportion utilising multiple specialist groups (%) | 42.2 | 45.8 | 8.5 |
| Mean claim by GPs (€) | 73.10 | 73.59 | 75.15 |
| Mean claim by specialists (€) | 157.30 | 186.54 | 95.38 |
| Mean claim by all ambulatory physicians (€) | 224.41 | 234.52 | 135.41 |