Table 3.

Health service utilisationa

ServiceService use attributable to patients with multimorbidity, %Yearly rate ratio of service use (95% CI) in patients with versus those without multimorbidityaYearly service utilisation, median (25–75%)Minimum/maximum yearly service utilisation
MultimorbiditybNo multimorbiditycMultimorbiditybNo multimorbidityc
General practice consultations52.862.56 (2.48 to 2.64)9 (4–16.4)2 (0–5.25)0/1940/156
Prescriptions78.75.91 (5.71 to 6.12)28.5 (9.25–61)0.75 (0–2.25)0/10610/132
Hospital admissions56.142.58 (2.48 to 2.69)0.25 (0–0.75)0 (0–0.25)0/1560/150
  • a Results from the fitted negative binomial model adjusted for sex, age group, and socioeconomic status.

  • b2 morbidities.

  • c 0–1 morbidities.