Table 2 COCI and number of visits to medical facilities by period.

From: Relationship between continuity of care and clinical outcomes in patients with dyslipidemia in Korea: a real world claims database study

Variable

High COC group

n = 127,238

Low COC group

n = 109,248

p-value

Exposure period (3 years)

COCI in all population

Median (IQR)

0.87 (0.50–1.00)

 

Mean ± SD

0.75 ± 0.28

 

COCI by group

Median (IQR)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

0.49 (0.36–0.60)

< 0.001

Mean ± SD

0.98 ± 0.05

0.48 ± 0.17

 

No. of visits

Median (IQR)

11 (6–21)

9 (6–17)

< 0.001

Mean ± SD

15.40 ± 14.50

13.31 ± 12.57

 

  Primary care

11.97 ± 15.65

10.14 ± 12.81

 

  Secondary care

3.43 ± 6.60

3.18 ± 5.23

 

Exposure plus outcome period (10 years)

COCI in all population

Median (IQR)

0.58 (0.39–0.90)

Mean ± SD

0.62 ± 0.27

COCI by group

Median (IQR)

0.83 (0.51–1.00)

0.43 (0.30–0.61)

< 0.001

Mean ± SD

0.75 ± 0.25

0.47 ± 0.21

 

No. of visits

Median (IQR)

33 (12–64)

34 (14–61)

0.002

Mean ± SD

44.62 ± 44.34

43.12 ± 41.28

 

  Primary care

33.94 ± 45.07

32.49 ± 40.65

 

  Secondary care

10.68 ± 20.02

10.63 ± 18.08

 
  1. COC continuity of care, COCI continuity of care index, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation.
  2. P-values were calculated by Kruskal–Wallis tests for continuous variables.