Research Article

Identifying High-Cost, High-Risk Patients Using Administrative Databases in Tuscany, Italy

Table 3

Characteristics and outcomes in 2015 for complex patients disaggregated by TP, FN, and FP.

True positiveFalse negativeFalse positive
Age groupNumberPercentageAge groupNumberPercentageAge groupNumberPercentage

60–742513160–74632160–7418141
75–791622075–79501775–7910824
80+3954980+1896380+15735

Total808100Total302100Total446100

GenderNumberPercentageGenderNumberPercentageGenderNumberPercentage

Male38948Male13344Male21648
Female41952Female16956Female23052

Total808100Total302100Total446100

Number and prevalence (%) considering MaCroNumber and prevalence (%) considering MaCroNumber and prevalence (%) considering MaCro
Chronic diseasesNumberPercentageChronic diseasesNumberPercentageChronic diseasesNumberPercentage

Heart failure17021Heart failure4816Heart failure4711
Ischaemic cardiopathy28435Ischaemic cardiopathy8026Ischaemic cardiopathy10724
COPD28235COPD6421COPD14533
Dementia11014Dementia165Dementia348
Diabetes21126Diabetes7826Diabetes14733
At least one chronic disease71388At least one chronic disease17458At least one chronic disease36883

Number and prevalence (%) considering hospitalisation databaseNumber and prevalence (%) considering hospitalisation databaseNumber and prevalence (%) considering hospitalisation database
ACCNumberPercentageACCNumberPercentageACCNumberPercentage

Card 1749Card 12910Card 1133
Card 218723Card 26622Card 28118
Card3101Card362Card300
CerVa1496CerVa13110CerVa1194
CerVa271CerVa221CerVa220
GI81GI72GI51
Canc304Canc279Canc164
Kidn131Kidn52Kidn72
Neur40150Neur279Neur31
Resp11614Resp3712Resp307
At least one40150At least one15351At least one15936

Average number of diseases1.1Average number of diseases0.7Average number of diseases0.4

ConsumptionsNumberPercentageConsumptionsNumberPercentageConsumptionsNumberPercentage

Hospital admissions10113Hospital admissions10Hospital admissions307
Average number of hospitalisations399/808 = 4.5Average number of hospitalisations51/302 = 0.16Average number of hospitalisations139/446 = 0.31
ER admissions20525ER admissions134ER admissions9822
Examinations19825Examinations165Examinations10924
Laboratory tests32040Laboratory tests217Laboratory tests21448
ATC30938ATC134ATC6715
UVM/ADP16320UVM/ADP103UVM/ADP7016