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Table 4 Use of health resources and lost productivity

From: Retrospective epidemiological study for the characterization of community- acquired pneumonia and pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in a well-defined area of Badalona (Barcelona, Spain)

 

Outpatientsa N=340

Inpatients N=241

Total N=581

p

 

(%)

Mean (SD)

(%)

Mean (SD)

(%)

Mean (SD)

 

Medical visits

Primary care

83.2

2.8 (2.8)

59.3

2.0 (2.5)

73.3

2.5 (2.7)

<0.001

Specialist

48.8

0.9 (2.1)

71.8

1.8 (2.0)

58.3

1.3 (2.1)

<0.001

Emergency room

51.8

0.1 (0.3)

6.5

0.1 (0.2)

32.9

0.1 (0.3)

NS

Test

Laboratory tests

35.3

0.4 (0.7)

38.6

0.5 (0.7)

36.7

0.4 (0.7)

NS

Conventional radiology

100

0.8 (0.8)

100

0.4 (0.7)

100

0.7 (0.8)

<0.001

Complementary tests

5.9

0.1 (0.3)

7.9

0.1 (0.3)

6.7

0.1 (0.3)

NS

Hospitalizations

---

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100

4.4 (0.3)

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Lost productivity

20.9

4.7 (12.4)

6.2

2.1 (10.6)

14.2

3.7 (11.7)

0.009

  1. NS: non significant; aOutpatient: includes patients diagnosed in primary care centres and emergency rooms at hospitals.