Association between subjective memory complaints and health care utilisation: a three-year follow up

BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Selected health care utilisation and costs in subjects with Subjective Memory Complaints (SMC) relative to patients without SMC¹

	The RR of any use of the corresponding service at all				Factor how much more people with SMC use the service				Combined effect
Service	RR	95% CI		p-value²	Factor	95% CI		p-value²
GP contacts
Practice consultations	0,976	0,922	1,032	0,3924	0,988	0,866	1,126	0,8559	0,964
Visits by GP	1,116	0,876	1,421	0,3863	0,967	0,717	1,304	0,8255	1,079
GP contacts (cost)	0,970	0,920	1,023	0,2610	1,001	0,883	1,135	0,9830	0,972
Hospital stay
Hospital stay (not as outpatient, days)	1,052	0,911	1,216	0,4953	1,189	0,895	1,582	0,2282	1,252
Outpatient stay (days)	1,111	1,010	1,221	0,0344	1,082	0,875	1,338	0,4663	1,202
Hospital stay (cost)	1,061	0,978	1,151	0,1611	1,178	0,920	1,509	0,1896	1,250
Out-of-hours services
Out-of-hours GP contacts	0,575	0,237	1,398	0,1686	1,437	1,092	1,891	0,0116	0,827
Emergency (visits)	1,209	1,007	1,452	0,0512	1,073	0,916	1,256	0,3828	1,297
Out-of-hours services (cost)	1,121	0,939	1,340	0,2183	1,172	0,977	1,405	0,0858	1,314
Nursing home
Nursing home (days)	2,296	1,357	3,886	0,0075	0,922	0,686	1,238	0,5900	2,117
Nursing home (cost)	2,296	1,357	3,886	0,0075	0,922	0,686	1,238	0,5900	2,117
The above combined (cost)	0,990	0,961	1,020	0,5070	1,615	1,234	2,114	0,0003	1,599

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