Chronic conditions and multimorbidity in a primary care population: a study in the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network (Sentinella)

Markus Gnädinger (), Lilli Herzig, Alessandro Ceschi, Dieter Conen, Alfred Staehelin, Marco Zoller and Milo A. Puhan
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Markus Gnädinger: University of Zurich
Lilli Herzig: University of Lausanne
Alessandro Ceschi: Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale
Dieter Conen: Patientensicherheit Schweiz
Alfred Staehelin: University of Zurich
Marco Zoller: University of Zurich
Milo A. Puhan: University of Zurich

International Journal of Public Health, 2018, vol. 63, issue 9, No 5, 1017-1026

Abstract: Abstract Objectives To provide estimates of the prevalence of chronic conditions in Swiss primary care. Methods In total, 175 general practitioners (GP) or pediatricians (PED) reporting to the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network collected morbidity data. Results In 26,853 patient contacts, mean (± SD) age was 55.8 ± 21.6 or 6.1 ± 5.7 years (in GPs vs. PEDs, respectively) and 47% were males. In GP patients, median Thurgau Morbidity Index was 2 (IQR 1–3). The median numbers of chronic conditions and permanently used prescribed drugs were 2 (0–5) and 2 (1–4), respectively; in PEDs medians were 0. Out of all patients, 16.7 and 7.0% of the PED patients were hospitalized during the previous year; patients cared by family/proxies or community nurses were hospitalized significantly more often than patients living in homes (50.1 vs. 35.4%, OR 1.41, p

Keywords: Morbidity; Drug treatment; Care dependency; Hospitalization; Primary health care; Switzerland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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