Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to level of continuity of care.
Variables | Continuity of care | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good (COC index ≥ 0.75) | Bad (COC index < 0.75) | ||||
Total (n = 8715) | 7627 | (87.5) | 1088 | (12.5) | |
Sex | 0.346 | ||||
Male | 2116 | (27.7) | 287 | (26.4) | |
Female | 5511 | (72.3) | 801 | (73.6) | |
Age | < 0.001 | ||||
60–64 | 583 | (7.6) | 127 | (11.7) | |
65–69 | 2525 | (33.1) | 428 | (39.3) | |
70–74 | 2274 | (29.8) | 317 | (29.1) | |
75–79 | 1364 | (17.9) | 148 | (13.6) | |
80– | 881 | (11.6) | 68 | (6.3) | |
Household income level | 0.143 | ||||
Low | 971 | (12.7) | 135 | (12.4) | |
Medium–low | 1568 | (20.6) | 206 | (18.9) | |
Medium | 1402 | (18.4) | 177 | (16.3) | |
Medium–high | 1336 | (17.5) | 207 | (19.0) | |
High | 2350 | (30.8) | 363 | (33.4) | |
Region | 0.202 | ||||
Urban | 2792 | (36.6) | 420 | (38.6) | |
Rural | 4835 | (63.4) | 668 | (61.4) | |
Registered disability | 0.253 | ||||
No | 7559 | (99.1) | 1082 | (99.4) | |
Yes | 68 | (0.9) | 6 | (0.6) | |
Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) | 0.044 | ||||
0–1 | 2822 | (37.0) | 374 | (34.4) | |
2 | 2258 | (29.6) | 306 | (28.1) | |
3 | 1246 | (16.3) | 190 | (17.5) | |
4– | 1301 | (17.1) | 218 | (20.0) | |
History of osteoporosis | < 0.001 | ||||
No | 5690 | (74.6) | 708 | (65.1) | |
Yes | 1937 | (25.4) | 380 | (34.9) | |
RA severity | < 0.001 | ||||
Mild | 7606 | (99.7) | 1066 | (98.0) | |
Severe | 21 | (0.3) | 22 | (2.0) | |
Systemic glucocorticoid exposure | < 0.001 | ||||
No | 6745 | (88.4) | 760 | (69.9) | |
Yes | 882 | (11.6) | 328 | (30.1) | |
Hospital level | |||||
Hospital classification | < 0.001 | ||||
General hospital | 1073 | (14.1) | 251 | (23.1) | |
Hospital | 223 | (2.9) | 56 | (5.1) | |
Clinic | 6331 | (83.0) | 781 | (71.8) | |
Hospital location | < 0.001 | ||||
Metropolitan | 1440 | (18.9) | 273 | (25.1) | |
Urban | 1638 | (21.5) | 255 | (23.4) | |
Rural | 4549 | (59.6) | 560 | (51.5) | |
Number of beds | < 0.001 | ||||
< 30 | 5382 | (70.6) | 666 | (61.2) | |
< 300 | 1214 | (15.9) | 186 | (17.1) | |
< 1000 | 546 | (7.2) | 128 | (11.8) | |
≥ 1000 | 485 | (6.4) | 108 | (9.9) | |
Ownership | < 0.001 | ||||
Public | 1351 | (17.7) | 157 | (14.4) | |
Corporate | 1292 | (16.9) | 285 | (26.2) | |
Private | 4984 | (65.3) | 646 | (59.4) | |
