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Table 4 Mean number of different physicians contacted per year in the population aged 65 years and more according to degree of morbidity and sex

From: Patterns of ambulatory medical care utilization in elderly patients with special reference to chronic diseases and multimorbidity - Results from a claims data based observational study in Germany

 

non-multimorbid sample

multimorbid sample

age groups (years)

all mean (SD)

male mean (SD)

female mean (SD)

p value

all mean (SD)

male mean (SD)

female mean (SD)

p value

65-69

3.5 (2.8)

3.2 (2.6)

3.9 (3.0)

p ≤ 0.001

6.0 (3.4)

5.7 (3.2)

6.4 (3.6)

p ≤ 0.001

70-74

3.5 (2.7)

3.4 (2.7)

3.6 (2.8)

p ≤ 0.001

5.8 (3.3)

5.8 (3.2)

5.9 (3.5)

p ≤ 0.001

75-79

3.4 (2.6)

3.5 (2.6)

3.4 (2.7)

p = 0.80

5.7 (3.3)

5.9 (3.3)

5.5 (3.3)

p ≤ 0.001

≥ 80

3.2 (2.5)

3.4 (2.7)

3.1 (2.3)

p ≤ 0.001

5.0 (3.1)

5.5 (3.2)

4.7 (2.9)

p ≤ 0.001

All

3.5 (2.7)

3.3 (2.6)

3.7 (2.8)

p ≤ 0.001

5.7 (3.3)

5.7 (3.2)

5.8 (3.4)

p ≤ 0.001

  1. SD = standard deviation
  2. p = statistical significance of difference between means in women and men.