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Table 5 Health care use of cancer patients and patients without cancer by the presence of a comorbid chronic condition (mean number of contacts, prescriptions and referrals per patient in a year)

From: Excess of health care use in general practice and of comorbid chronic conditions in cancer patients compared to controls

 

No chronic condition

One or more chronic conditions

 

cancer patients (n=4,190)

patients without cancer (n=4,816)

cancer patients (n=4,513)

patients without cancer (n=3,856)

contacts per year

14.4*

7.1

24.3*

18.0

- face to face consultations per year

2.6*

1.8

4.3*

4.0

- home visits per year

1.3*

0.2

2.0*

0.7

prescriptions per year

12.0*

5.6

24.9*

19.1

referrals per year

0.4*

0.2

0.7*

0.6

  1. * difference between cancer patients and patients without cancer : p<0.01.