Table 1 Sociodemographic of 238 older people with multi-morbidity and high health care consumption, living at home
Age (years) mean | 82 ± 4 |
Female gender | 123 (52%) |
Living alone | 119 (50%) |
Educational level | |
 -Primary school | 142 (69%) |
 -Secondary school | 40 (17%) |
 -Higher education/University | 36 (15%) |
Normal cognitive function | 195 (91%) |
Diagnosis according to ICD 10 | |
 01. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) | 107 (45%) |
 02. Neoplasma (C00-D48) | 95 (40%) |
 03. Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders Involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89) | 62 (26%) |
 04. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 114 (48%) |
 05. Mental and behavioral disorders (F00-F99) | 73 (31%) |
 06. Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99) | 81 (34%) |
 07. Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59) | 140 (59%) |
 08. Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95) | 84 (35%) |
 09. Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 225 (94%) |
 10. Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99) | 120 (50%) |
 11. Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93) | 126 (53%) |
 12. Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99) | 99 (42%) |
 13. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00- M99) | 187 (79%) |