From: Methods for identifying 30 chronic conditions: application to administrative data
Prevalence, % | |||||
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Characteristic | Final algorithm | Using hospitalizations, claims, and ACCS | Using only hospitalizations and claims | Using only hospitalizations and ACCS | Using only hospitalizations |
Number of morbidities | |||||
One | 23.3 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 12.0 | 6.9 |
Two | 11.5 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 4.9 | 3.7 |
Three | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
Four | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
Five or more | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
Morbidities | |||||
Alcohol misuse | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.8a |
Asthma | 2.3 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 2.3 b | 2.0b |
Atrial fibrillation | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.6a |
Cancer, lymphoma | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1a | 0.1a |
Cancer, metastatic | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Cancer, non-metastatic | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.1b | 1.0b |
Chronic heart failure | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.6a | 1.4a |
Chronic kidney disease1 | 20.8 | 3.8 (20.9) | 3.6 (20.8) | 2.9 (20.4) | 2.2 (20.1)a |
Chronic pain | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 1.4b | 0.1b |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 2.7b | 2.3b |
Chronic viral hepatitis B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1b | <0.1b |
Cirrhosis | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1a |
Dementia | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.1a | 0.9a |
Depression | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 1.7b | 1.0b |
Diabetes | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 5.6a | 3.1b |
Epilepsy | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.7b | 0.1b |
Hypertension | 22.8 | 23.0 | 22.8 | 8.8b | 7.8b |
Hypothyroidism | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 2.3b | 2.2b |
Inflammatory bowel disease | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7a | 0.2b |
Irritable bowel syndrome | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.6b | 0.4b |
Multiple sclerosis | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4a | 0.1b |
Myocardial infarction | 1.7 | - | - | - | 1.7 |
Parkinson’s disease | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3b | 0.2b |
Peptic ulcer disease | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1a | 0.1b |
Peripheral vascular disease | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3b | 0.2b |
Psoriasis | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.2b | 0.1b |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.8a | 0.5b |
Schizophrenia | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7b | 0.6b |
Severe constipation | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4a | 0.3b |
Stroke or transient ischemic attack | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.4a | 0.9b |