Use of hospital care services by chronic patients according to their characteristics and risk levels by adjusted morbidity groups.

Jaime Barrio-CortesMaría Martínez CuevasAlmudena Castaño ReguilloMariana Bandeira de OliveiraMiguel Martínez MartínCarmen Suárez Fernández

Published in: PloS one (2022)

The use of hospital services by chronic patients was high and increased with the risk level assigned by the AMG. The most frequent type of contact was outpatient consultation. Use was increased with predisposing factors such as age and geographic origin and by needs factors such as multimorbidity, risk level and severe diseases requiring follow-up, home care, and palliative care.

Keyphrases

palliative care
healthcare
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
primary care
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
drug induced