Disease-specific clinical pathways – are they feasible in primary care? A mixed-methods study

Figures & data

Figure 1. Schematic overview of the sequences in the mixed-methods exploratory study and their presentation in this paper.

Table 1. Characteristics of inhabitants ages 18 years and older in the four municipalities in 2013 (N = 214 722).

	Those receiving home healthcare nursing from municipalities		Those ages 18 years and older
	n	%	n	%
Number of people	6 061		168 285
- Female, n (%)	3 570	60	83 681	50
- Ages 80 years and older	2 858	47	7 839	5
Number of patients hospitalised, n (%)
- All admissions	2 914	48	16 920	10
- Emergency admissions	2 701	45	14 403	9

Table 2. Inhabitants ages 18 years and older with COPD, heart failure, stroke or hip fracture in four municipalities (N = 168 285).

	COPD	Heart failure	Stroke	Hip fracture
No. of inhabitants (age ≥ 18) with four selected diagnoses	3458	2005	491	348
Standardised rate of patients per 10,000 inhabitants*	232	141	34	25
Average no. of chronic diseases per patient	3.6	3.8	3.5	3.6
Percentage enrolled in home healthcare nursing	20	44	39	48

* Year prevalence adjusted for age and gender among all inhabitants ages 18 years and older in the four municipalities.

Table 3. Home healthcare nursing patients, by chronic diseases and emergency hospitalisations, for four selected diagnoses.

	COPD	Heart failure	Stroke	Hip fracture
Home healthcare nursing patients
Number of patients with selected diagnosis	704	879	190	167
Standardised rate of patients per 10,000 inhabitants*	49	64	13	12
Average number of chronic diseases per patient	4.8	4.4	4.0	4.2
Patients having two or more chronic diseases (%)	99	95	94	93
Patients with emergency hospitalisations for main diagnosis
Number of patients with emergency hospitalisations	158	135	158	167
Standardised rate per 10,000 inhabitants*	23	15	12	15
Proportion of patients hospitalised in each group (%)	22	15	83	100
Number of emergency hospitalisations during one year
Number of hospitalisations for main diagnosis	335	211	174	215
Number of emergency hospitalisations per patient hospitalised	2.1	1.6	1.1	1.3

* Year prevalence adjusted for age and gender among all inhabitants ages 18 years and older in the four municipalities.