ArticleScandinavian journal of primary health care2014
Importance of healthcare utilization and multimorbidity level in choosing a primary care provider in Sweden.
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- Pattern and severity of multimorbidity among patients attending primary care settings in Odisha, India.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Utilization and out-of-pocket expenses of primary care among the multimorbid elderly in China: A two-part model with nationally representative data.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Factors Influencing the Efficiency of Public Hospitals in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study Exploring Stakeholders' Perspectives and Suggestions for Improvement.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Active listing and more consultations in primary care are associated with reduced hospitalisation in a Swedish population.BMC health services research · 2018Article
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- Association between age, gender and multimorbidity level and receiving home health care: a population-based Swedish study.BMC research notes · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo study the associations between active choice of primary care provider and healthcare utilization, multimorbidity, age, and sex, comparing data from primary care and all healthcare in a Swedish population.
designDescriptive cross-sectional study using descriptive analyses including t-test, correlations, and logistic regression modelling in four separate models. SETTING AND SUBJECTS: The population (151 731) and all healthcare in Blekinge in 2007.
main outcome measureActively or passively listed in primary care, registered on 31 December 2007.
resultsNumber of consultations (OR 1.31, 95% CI 1.30-1.32), multimorbidity level (OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.67-1.70), age (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.03-1.03), and sex (OR for men 0.67, 95% CI 0.65-0.68) were all associated with registered active listing in primary care. Active listing was more strongly associated with number of consultations and multimorbidity level using primary care data (OR 2.11, 95% CI 2.08-2.15 and OR 2.14, 95% CI 2.11-2.17, respectively) than using data from all healthcare. Number of consultations and multimorbidity level were correlated and had similar associations with active listing in primary care. Modelling number of consultations, multimorbidity level, age, and sex gave four separate models with about 70% explanatory power for active listing in primary care. Combining number of consultations and multimorbidity did not improve the models.
conclusionsNumber of consultations and multimorbidity level were associated with active listing in primary care. These factors were also associated with each other differently in primary care than in all healthcare. More complex models including non-health-related individual characteristics and healthcare-related factors are needed to increase explanatory power.
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