Table 2 Mean (95% confidence interval) number of times 65-74 year olds and 95-99 year olds accessed each medical and allied health service

GP visit

10.80 (10.69,10.92)

14.82 (14.36,15.30)

1.37 (1.33, 1.42) p < 0.0001

Specialist visit

6.25 (6.14, 6.37)

8.31 (7.79, 8.86)

1.33 (1.24, 1.42) p < 0.0001

Health care plan

1.01 (1.00, 1.01)

1.02 (1.02, 1.03)

1.02 (1.01, 1.03) p < 0.0001

GP plan

1.85 (1.81, 1.88)

1.55 (1.43, 1.67)

0.84 (0.77, 0.91) p < 0.0001

Case conference

1.34 (1.27, 1.43)

1.20 (1.08, 1.34)

0.89 (0.79, 1.01) p = 0.0741

Pathology

15.78 (15.50,16.06)

16.37 (15.36,17.44)

1.04 (0.97, 1.11) p = 0.2746

Diagnostic imaging

7.68 (7.53, 7.83)

7.60 (7.05, 8.19)

0.99 (0.92, 1.07) p = 0.7906

Occupational therapy

2.51 (2.42, 2.61)

2.79 (2.56, 3.05)

1.11 (1.01, 1.22) p = 0.0310

Dietician

3.97 (3.69, 4.26)

3.18 (2.02, 4.99)

0.80 (0.51, 1.26) p = 0.3406

Dental

1.53 (1.52, 1.55)

1.41 (1.33, 1.49)

0.92 (0.87, 0.97) p = 0.0024

Physiotherapy

14.86 (14.43,15.29)

22.64 (20.32,25.23)

1.52 (1.36, 1.70) p < 0.0001

Podiatry

5.82 (5.76, 5.89)

5.55 (5.37, 5.74)

0.95 (0.92, 0.99) p = 0.0073

Hospital admission

2.26 (2.20, 2.32)

1.80 (1.59, 2.05)

0.80 (0.70, 0.91) p = 0.0007

Number of prescriptions

50.70 (50.21,51.20)

55.18 (53.40,57.02)

1.09 (1.05, 1.13) p < 0.0001

Number of unique medicines

11.53 (11.43,11.64)

12.65 (12.27,13.03)

1.10 (1.06, 1.13) p < 0.0001