Baseline characteristics of unplanned contacts before and after the reconfiguration of the emergency healthcare system
| No. of unplanned contacts | No. of unplanned contacts before | No. of unplanned contacts after | P value | ||
| Number of observations | 11 367 655 | 4 704 362 | 6 663 293 | <0.001 | |
| Median age, years (IQR) | 53.0 (34.0, 71.0) | 51.0 (33.0, 69.0) | 54.0 (36.0, 72.0) | <0.001 | |
| Gender | Female | 5 555 302 (48.9%) | 2 272 986 (48.3%) | 3 282 316 (49.3%) | <0.001 |
| Male | 5 812 353 (51.1%) | 2 431 376 (51.7%) | 3 380 977 (50.7%) | ||
| Of Danish origin | No | 1 121 897 (9.9%) | 497 126 (10.6%) | 624 771 (9.4%) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 10 209 875 (89.8%) | 4 190 703 (89.1%) | 6 019 172 (90.3%) | ||
| Missing | 35 883 (0.3%) | 16 533 (0.4%) | 19 350 (0.3%) | ||
| Married | No | 6 576 038 (57.8%) | 2 752 203 (58.5%) | 3 823 835 (57.4%) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 4 755 734 (41.8%) | 1 935 626 (41.1%) | 2 820 108 (42.3%) | ||
| Missing | 35 883 (0.3%) | 16 533 (0.4%) | 19 350 (0.3%) | ||
| Income €1000*, median (IQR) | 28.5 (20.9, 43.4) | 28.3 (19.8, 43.4) | 28.6 (20.0, 43.4) | <0.001 | |
| Education† | Low | 43 733 (0.4%) | 22 127 (0.5%) | 21 606 (0.3%) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 8 594 723 (75.6%) | 3 573 159 (76.0%) | 5 021 564 (75.4%) | ||
| High | 2 089 849 (18.4%) | 797 951 (17.0%) | 1 291 898 (19.4%) | ||
| Missing | 639 350 (5.6%) | 311 125 (6.6%) | 328 225 (4.9%) | ||
| Comorbidity‡ | Low | 6 790 806 (59.7%) | 2 854 602 (60.7%) | 3 936 204 (59.1%) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 3 026 481 (26.6%) | 1 230 790 (26.2%) | 1 795 691 (26.9%) | ||
| High | 1 550 368 (13.6%) | 618 970 (13.2%) | 931 398 (14.0%) |
*Includes salary, retirement benefits, welfare payments, remuneration and company profits. The income is price indexed (2015) and converted into Euros at a rate of €0.1344 per Danish krone.
†Highest completed education: basic school=low; vocational or upper secondary education=medium; greater than upper secondary education and vocational training education=high.
‡Charlson Comorbidity Index: Index score 0=low, Index score 1–2=moderate, Index score >2=high.