Table 1

Characteristics of the study population and Fragmentation of Care Index (FCI) of the subgroups

	N	%	FCI mean	FCI SD	P value
Total	40 333	100	0.256	0.358
Gender					<0.001
Male	21 897	54.3	0.251	0.357
Female	18 436	45.7	0.263	0.360
Race					<0.001
Chinese	28 979	71.8	0.261	0.359
Malay	4399	10.9	0.257	0.360
Indian	3545	8.8	0.256	0.360
Others	3410	8.5	0.216	0.342
Age group (years)					<0.001
21–39	9003	22.3	0.150	0.303
40–59	14 374	35.6	0.247	0.355
60–79	14 004	34.7	0.310	0.371
80 and above	2952	7.3	0.370	0.382
Most frequently visited specialty					<0.001
Orthopaedics surgery	8723	21.6	0.101	0.230
Ophthalmology	5117	12.7	0.123	0.248
Multiple	4838	12.0	0.891	0.146
General surgery	4548	11.3	0.173	0.285
Otorhinolaryngology	3453	8.6	0.158	0.284
Urology	2669	6.6	0.161	0.280
Cardiology	1832	4.5	0.218	0.316
Respiratory medicine	1298	3.2	0.246	0.317
Endocrinology	1288	3.2	0.348	0.328
Gastroenterology	1178	2.9	0.192	0.304
Dermatology	780	1.9	0.150	0.270
Psychiatry	774	1.9	0.203	0.295
Rheumatology	694	1.7	0.264	0.303
Geriatric medicine	652	1.6	0.246	0.310
Renal medicine	610	1.5	0.325	0.329
Neurology	425	1.1	0.263	0.329
Neurosurgery	310	0.8	0.254	0.319
General medicine	279	0.7	0.275	0.326
Gynaecology	215	0.5	0.196	0.302
Medical oncology	214	0.5	0.496	0.227
Plastic surgery	179	0.4	0.261	0.309
Infectious diseases	103	0.3	0.348	0.319
Anaesthesiology	92	0.2	0.350	0.325
Haematology	40	0.1	0.359	0.321
Palliative medicine	16	<0.1	0.272	0.291
Radiation oncology	6	<0.1	0.456	0.366