Disease prevalence and number of health care visits among members of a nationwide sports organization compared to matched controls

Table 2 Health care visits per group and type of health care setting

	Controls (n = 3014)	Members (n = 3014)	P-value
Primary care visits
Sum of visits, n	10,058	8210	–
Mean ± SD	3.34 ± 6.41	2.72 ± 4.04	0.67^a
Subjects with 1–9 visits, n (%)	1743 (58%)	2047 (68%)	< 0.001^b
Subjects with ≥10 visits, n (%)	252 (8%)	144 (5%)	< 0.001^b
Outpatient hospital care visits
Sum of visits, n	16,929	14,230	–
Mean ± SD	5.62 ± 11.61	4.72 ± 8.79	0.002^a
Subjects with 1–9 visits, n (%)	1509 (50%)	1870 (62%)	< 0.001^b
Subjects with ≥10 visits, n (%)	492 (16%)	382 (13%)	< 0.001^b
Inpatient hospital care visits
Sum of visits, n	671	295	–
Mean ± SD	0.22 ± 0.81	0.10 ± 0.41	< 0.001^a
Subjects with 1 visit, n (%)	270 (9%)	177 (6%)	< 0.001^b
Subjects with ≥2 visits, n (%)	122 (4%)	46 (1.5%)	< 0.001^b

a, Mann-Whitney U-test; b, Chi²-test. One outlier control subject with > 500 health care visits over two years and the matching member were removed from the total sample of 3015 subjects per group. Primary care visits correspond to visits to a non-hospital based health central (typically to a general practitioner), while outpatient hospital visits typically represent visits to medical specialists at hospital clinics

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