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Table 1 Descriptive epidemiology, demographics and health care utilization variables, by cost category, study population, April 1, 2015 – March 31, 2017 (n = 1,175,147)

From: Defining ‘actionable’ high- costhealth care use: results using the Canadian Institute for Health Information population grouping methodology

 

Lowest 90%, Saskatchewan

(n = 1,057,635)

Top 10%, Saskatchewan

(n = 117,512)

Age

 18–79 years

1,022,482 (96.7%)

100,667 (85.7%)

 80+ years

35,153 (3.3%)

16,845 (14.3%)

Sex

 Male

542,573 (51.3%)

49,906 (42.5%)

 Female

515,062 (48.7%)

67,606 (57.5%)

Geographic location

 Urban

711,058 (67.2%)

77,693 (66.1%)

 Rural

317,614 (30.0%)

36,656 (31.2%)

 Missing

28,963 (2.7%)

3163 (2.7%)

Neighbourhood income

 1 (least affluent)

225,650 (21.3%)

26,426 (22.5%)

 2

192,838 (18.2%)

21,918 (18.7%)

 3

177,797 (16.8%)

19,685 (16.8%)

 4

202,522 (19.2%)

22,363 (19.0%)

 5 (most affluent)

176,755 (16.7%)

18,710 (15.9%)

 Missing

82,073 (7.8%)

8410 (7.2%)

Health profile category

 Palliative

1456 (0.1%)

4754 (4.1%)

 Major acute

19,010 (1.8%)

15,723 (13.4%)

 Major chronic

20,292 (2.0%)

17,511 (14.9%)

 Major newborn

1519 (0.1%)

1159 (1.0%)

 Major mental health

11,031 (1.0%)

6581 (5.6%)

 Major cancer

4803 (0.5%)

3908 (3.3%)

 Moderate acute

63,528 (6.0%)

13,492 (11.5%)

 Moderate chronic

87,826 (8.3%)

24,950 (21.2%)

 Other cancer

4595 (0.4%)

1321 (1.1%)

 Other mental health

58,587 (5.5%)

3794 (3.2%)

 Obstetrics

22,399 (2.1%)

12,794 (10.9%)

 Minor acute

424,832 (40.2%)

7087 (6.0%)

 Minor chronic

146,122 (13.8%)

3731 (3.2%)

 Healthy newborn

9601 (0.9%)

412 (0.4%)

  Health system user, no health conditions

52,527 (5.0%)

83 (0.1%)

 Health system non-user

129,507 (12.2%)

212 (0.2%)

Multi-morbidity (> = 3 conditions)

 Yes

96,570 (9.1%)

54,392 (46.3%)

 No

961,065 (90.9%)

63,120 (53.7%)

Died during study period

 Yes

9244 (0.9%)

11,686 (9.9%)

 No

1,048,391 (99.1%)

105,826 (90.1%)

Home care client

 Yes

47,228 (4.5%)

34,357 (29.2%)

 No

1,010,407 (95.5%)

83,155 (70.8%)

Number of hospitalizations

 (mean/SD)

0.22 (0.6)

2.1 (2.1)

Length of stay (LOS) in hospital (days)

 (mean/SD)

0.72 (7.1)

13.0 (33.1)

Alternate level of care

 Yes

2521 (0.2%)

4340 (3.7%)

 No

1,055,114 (99.8%)

113,172 (96.3%)

Mental health condition

 Yes

108,044 (10.2%)

29,795 (25.4%)

 No

949,591 (89.8%)

87,717 (74.7%)

Dialysis

 Yes

1657 (0.2%)

3287 (2.8%)

 No

1,055,978 (99.8%)

114,225 (97.2%)

Emergency department visits

 mean/SD

0.2 (0.6)

0.8 (2.4)

Family physician visits

 mean/SD

4.4 (5.6)

12.8 (12.4)

Specialist physician visits

 mean/SD

2.7 (6.1)

16.0 (23.2)

Total physician visits > = 23/yr

 Yes

206,751 (19.6%)

96,693 (82.3%)

 No

850,884 (80.5%)

20,819 (17.7%)

History of hospitalizations > = 1/yr

 Yes

41,575 (3.9%)

59,502 (50.6%)

 No

1,016,060 (96.1%)

58,010 (49.4%)

Average annual health care cost ($)

 (mean/SD)

$642 ($895)

$16,316 ($23,992)

Total health care cost ($, %)

$2,049,772,060 (58.7%)

$1442,545,027 (41.3%)