From: Multimorbidity of chronic diseases and health care utilization in general practice
 | Number of patients | Single chronic disease | Number of additional chronic diseases | P-value for linear trend | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ≥4 | |||
Diabetes | 4806 | 14.4 (13.3 15.6) | 18.5 (16.9 20.3) | 23.3 (20.5 26.5) | 26.6 (24.2 29.3) | 32.3 (28.8 36.3) | <0.001 |
Coronary heart disease | 3341 | 11.8 (10.7 13.0) | 17.1 (15.4 18.9) | 21.8 (19.8 24.1) | 25.7 (23.3 28.3) | 31.7 (27.7 36.2) | <0.001 |
Osteoarthritis | 3394 | 10.8 (9.9 11.8) | 16.2 (14.9 17.7) | 20.7 (19.1 22.6) | 23.4 (21.5 25.4) | 28.4 (21.5 31.7) | <0.001 |
COPD | 2466 | 13.6 (12.5 14.9) | 17.2 (15.7 18.8) | 22.4 (20.1 25.0) | 25.3 (23.5 27.3) | 32.1 (28.5 36.1) | <0.001 |
Chronic back- or neck disorder | 2703 | 9.4 (8.7 10.3) | 14.7 (13.4 16.2) | 19.2 (17.3 21.4) | 23.8 (21.3 26.6) | 27.9 (24.3 31.9) | <0.001 |
Cancer | 2269 | 11.5 (10.6 12.4) | 16.8 (15.2 18.5) | 21.4 (18.6 24.5) | 23.1 (19.9 26.9) | 32.0 (28.1 36.5) | <0.001 |
Stroke | 1632 | 12.9 (11.8 14.2) | 17.7 (16.1 19.4) | 21.8 (19.5 24.4) | 25.1 (22.6 28.0) | 29.4 (26.4 32.8) | <0.001 |
Depression | 1693 | 12.7 (11.5 14.0) | 17.7 (15.8 19.9) | 23.2 (20.2 26.6) | 26.8 (24.3 29.5) | 32.3 (28.4 36.8) | <0.001 |
Heart failure | 1471 | 16.7 (14.8 18.8) | 22.0 (19.9 24.3) | 26.6 (24.3 29.2) | 30.0 (27.3 32.9) | 36.7 (33.2 40.5) | <0.001 |
Anxiety disorder | 675 | 12.8 (10.9 15.0) | 17.6 (15.2 20.4) | 22.1 (19.1 25.5) | 25.6 (21.8 30.0) | Â | <0.001 |