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Table 2 Medical care utilization among LTC beneficiaries and LTC non-beneficiaries

From: Association of potentially inappropriate medications and need for long-term care among older adults: a matched cohort study

 

LTC beneficiaries

LTC non-beneficiaries

p-value

n

%

n

%

Hospitalization

Yes

4276

44.2

2664

27.5

 < 0001

No

5406

55.8

7018

72.5

 

Number of outpatient visits

mean (SD)

32.3 (34.0)

38.0 (33.4)

 < 0001

 ≤ 6

1023

10.6

533

5.5

 < 0001

7–15

2176

22.5

1626

16.8

 

16–26

2679

27.7

2244

23.2

 

27–42

1896

19.6

2330

24.1

 

 ≥ 43

1908

19.7

2949

30.5

 

Number of medical institutions visited

mean (SD)

4.2 (2.8)

5.4 (3.1)

 < 0001

 ≤ 2

3082

31.8

1714

17.7

 < 0001

3–4

3166

32.7

2652

27.4

 

 ≥ 5

3434

35.5

5316

54.9

 

Type of predominant medical center

Tertiary hospital

778

5.9

436

3.8

 < 0001

Secondary hospital

1938

20.0

785

8.1

 

Hospital

929

9.6

348

3.6

 

Clinic

6037

62.4

8113

83.8

 

Number of drugs consumed

 ≤ 2

1979

20.4

3051

31.5

 < 0001

3–4

1620

16.7

2103

21.7

 

5–9

4015

41.5

3485

36.0

 

 ≥ 10

2068

21.4

1043

10.8

 
  1. LTC long-term care, SD standard deviation