Research Article
Institutionalization-Free Survival and Health Care Costs among Quebec Community-Dwelling Elderly Patients with Dementia
Table 2
Health care resource utilization during 1 year and 5 years after index date.
| | | Year 1 | Years 1–5 | | Category of utilization | Dementia cohort
n = 37,138 | Reference cohort
n = 37,138 | Difference
(95% CI) | Dementia Cohort
n = 37,138 | Reference Cohort
n = 37,138 | Difference
(95% CI) |
| | Physician visits†, number, mean (SD) | | | | | | | | Total | 29 (36) | 23.8 (34.2) | 5,2 (4.7; 5.7) | 83.4 (84.3) | 75 (92.3) | 8.4 (7.2; 9.7) | | GPs | 19.1 (27.9) | 12.6 (20.6) | 6.5 (6.1; 6.8) | 54.5 (60.9) | 33.7 (44.5) | 20.8 (20.0; 21.6) | | Specialists | 9.9 (16.8) | 11.2 (21.1) | −1.3 (−1.5; 1.0) | 28.9 (44.6) | 41.3 (66.6) | −12.4 (−13.2; −11.6) | | Hospitalizations‡, mean (SD) | | | | | | | | Length of stay (days) | 8.2 (22.2) | 4.0 (13.4) | 4.2 (3.9; 4.4) | 25.7 (45.4) | 17.8 (44.1) | 7.9 (7.3; 8.6) | | Institutionalizations†, mean (SD) | | | | | | | | Length of stay (days) | 4.0 (31.5) | 0.4 (9.9) | 3.6 (3.3; 4.0) | 82.1 (308.3) | 9.4 (115.1) | 72.6 (69.3; 76.0) | | NIRRU index | .73 (1.72) | .53 (1.61) | .21 (.18; .23) | 2.18 (3.39) | 1.51 (3.00) | .67 (.62; .71) |
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Source: RAMQ, source: MED ECHO.
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