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Table 2 Comorbidity

From: Repeated ambulance use is associated with chronic diseases - a population-based historic cohort study of patients’ symptoms and diagnoses

 

All patients

One-time users

Two-time users

Frequent users

Charlson Comorbidity Indexa

 0

40 184

(61%)

29 987

(68%)

6 002

(50%)

4 195

(43%)

 1

9 421

(14%)

5 173

(12%)

2 184

(18%)

2 064

(21%)

 2

5 555

(9%)

3 033

(7%)

1 300

(11%)

1 222

(12%)

 3+

5 299

(8%)

2 301

(5%)

1 414

(12%)

1 584

(16%)

 Not brought to hospital

5 473

(8%)

3 605

(8%)

1 042

(9%)

826

(8%)

  1. Ambulance runs for each of the user groups and comorbidity (a based on ambulance runs with hospital contacts)