Distribution of patients of the validation sample according to their FINGER scores
| FINGER scores | Mean cost (€) of care | Admissions (one or more) | Prolonged stay (≥12+ days) | Very prolonged stay (≥16 days) | High cost (>95th percentile) | Very high cost (>99th percentile) | Death | |||||||
| N | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| 0 | 319 781 | 301.65 (298.1 to 305.2) | 2237 | 0.70 (0.67 to 0.73) | 297 | 0.09 (0.08 to 0.10) | 188 | 0.06 (0.05 to 0.07) | 2030 | 0.63 (0.61 to 0.66) | 174 | 0.05 (0.05 to 0.06) | 67 | 0.02 (0.02 to 0.03) |
| 1 | 268 701 | 570.95 (563.9 to 578.0) | 3988 | 1.48 (1.44 to 1.53) | 838 | 0.31 (0.29 to 0.33) | 547 | 0.20 (0.19 to 0.22) | 4404 | 1.64 (1.59 to 1.69) | 669 | 0.25 (0.23 to 0.27) | 338 | 0.13 (0.11 to 0.14) |
| 2 | 116 290 | 1017.61 (1003.4 to 1031.8) | 2745 | 2.36 (2.27 to 2.45) | 681 | 0.59 (0.54 to 0.63) | 434 | 0.37 (0.34 to 0.41) | 4048 | 3.48 (3.38 to 3.59) | 601 | 0.52 (0.48 to 0.56) | 267 | 0.23 (0.20 to 0.26) |
| 3 | 82 838 | 1409.17 (1388.7 to 1429.6) | 3257 | 3.93 (3.80 to 4.06) | 871 | 1.05 (0.98 to 1.12) | 561 | 0.68 (0.62 to 0.73) | 4956 | 5.98 (5.82 to 6.14) | 757 | 0.91 (0.85 to 0.98) | 1047 | 1.26 (1.19 to 1.34) |
| 4 | 59 871 | 1876.72 (1848.4 to 1905.0) | 3528 | 5.89 (5.70 to 6.08) | 963 | 1.61 (1.51 to 1.71) | 609 | 1.02 (0.94 to 1.10) | 5299 | 8.85 (8.62 to 9.08) | 857 | 1.43 (1.34 to 1.53) | 1181 | 1.97 (1.86 to 2.08) |
| 5 | 37 175 | 2478.12 (2435.9 to 2520.3) | 2892 | 7.78 (7.51 to 8.05) | 864 | 2.32 (2.17 to 2.48) | 577 | 1.55% (1.43 to 1.68) | 4645 | 12.49 (12.16 to 12.83) | 811 | 2.18 (2.03 to 2.33) | 863 | 2.32 (2.17 to 2.47) |
| 6 | 24 296 | 2976.99 (2915.2 to 3038.8) | 2330 | 9.59 (9.22 to 9.96) | 705 | 2.90 (2.69 to 3.11) | 466 | 1.92% (1.75 to 2.09) | 3867 | 15.92 (15.46 to 16.38) | 710 | 2.92 (2.71 to 3.13) | 678 | 2.79 (2.58 to 3.00) |
| 7 | 16 720 | 3335.55 (3257.8 to 3413.3) | 1920 | 11.48 (11.00 to 11.97) | 577 | 3.45 (3.17 to 3.73) | 411 | 2.46 (2.22 to 2.69) | 3101 | 18.55 (17.96 to 19.14) | 590 | 3.53 (3.25 to 3.81) | 597 | 3.57 (3.29 to 3.85) |
| 8 | 11 899 | 3801.53 (3697.8 to 3905.3) | 1648 | 13.85 (13.23 to 14.47) | 555 | 4.66 (4.29 to 5.04) | 389 | 3.27 (2.95 to 3.59) | 2682 | 22.54 (21.79 to 23.29) | 512 | 4.30 (3.94 to 4.67) | 538 | 4.52 (4.15 to 4.89) |
| 9 | 8664 | 4344.24 (4210.7 to 4477.8) | 1418 | 16.37 (15.59 to 17.15) | 532 | 6.14 (5.63 to 6.65) | 388 | 4.48 (4.04 to 4.91) | 2234 | 25.78 (24.86 to 26.71) | 506 | 5.84 (5.35 to 6.33) | 475 | 5.48 (5.00 to 5.96) |
| 10 | 6195 | 4778.94 (4613.8 to 4944.1) | 1128 | 18.21 (17.25 to 19.17) | 400 | 6.46 (5.84 to 7.07) | 283 | 4.57 (4.05 to 5.09) | 1815 | 29.30 (28.16 to 30.43) | 430 | 6.94 (6.31 to 7.57) | 379 | 6.12 (5.52 to 6.71) |
| 11 | 4343 | 5378.05 (5152.0 to 5604.1) | 958 | 22.06 (20.83 to 23.29) | 342 | 7.87 (7.07 to 8.68) | 228 | 5.25 (4.59 to 5.91) | 1477 | 34.01 (32.60 to 35.42) | 339 | 7.81 (7.01 to 8.60) | 327 | 7.53 (6.74 to 8.31) |
| 12 | 3201 | 5953.66 (5661.1 to 6246.2) | 816 | 25.49 (23.98 to 27.00) | 319 | 9.97 (8.93 to 11.00) | 213 | 6.65 (5.79 to 7.52) | 1197 | 37.39 (35.72 to 39.07) | 300 | 9.37 (8.36 to 10.38) | 287 | 8.97 (7.98 to 9.96) |
| 13 | 2518 | 6619.04 (6239.2 to 6998.8) | 659 | 26.17 (24.45 to 27.89) | 266 | 10.56 (9.36 to 11.76) | 195 | 7.74 (6.70 to 8.79) | 1007 | 39.99 (38.08 to 41.91) | 290 | 11.52 (10.27 to 12.76) | 257 | 10.21 (9.02 to 11.39) |
| 14 | 1975 | 6942.10 (6540.0 to 7344.2) | 573 | 29.01 (27.01 to 31.01) | 199 | 10.08 (8.75 to 11.40) | 142 | 7.19 (6.05 to 8.33) | 851 | 43.09 (40.90 to 45.27) | 248 | 12.56 (11.10 to 14.02) | 227 | 11.49 (10.09 to 12.90) |
| 15+ | 9017 | 10 391.83 (10 125.7 to 10 658.0) | 3787 | 42.00 (40.98 to 43.02) | 1879 | 20.84 (20.00 to 21.68) | 1441 | 15.98 (15.22 to 16.74) | 5121 | 56.79 (55.77 to 57.82) | 2103 | 23.32 (22.45 to 24.20) | 1864 | 20.67 (19.84 to 21.51) |
Mean cost of healthcare, number and percentage of subjects that presented admissions were considered high-cost patients or died in the year following their classification (CI 95%).