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Table 3 Number of visits for patients with different number of diseases and with common combinations of diseases. Total number of visits, mean number of diseases/year and mean total number of visits 2011–2015 with standard deviations and minimum and maximum values shown

From: Primary care utilisation, adherence to guideline-based pharmacotherapy and continuity of care in primary care patients with chronic diseases and multimorbidity – a cross-sectional study

Number of diseases

N

Mean visits/ year

Mean visits total

Median

SD

min

max

1 disease

10,046

1.7

7.38

3

4.57

3

57

2 diseases

9025

2.16

9.34

3

6.09

3

89

3 diseases

3999

2.51

10.88

4

7.31

3

164

4 diseases

1777

2.71

11.74

4

7.42

3

65

5 diseases

705

2.92

12.65

5

7.63

3

72

6 diseases

198

3.34

14.46

4

8.01

3

60

7 diseases

59

3.53

15.32

4

8.83

3

45

8 diseases

20

3.73

16.15

5

7.92

5

30

Anxiety and depression

2868

2.54

10.68

9

7.10

3

68

Diabetes and IHD

985

1.85

7.82

7

4.62

3

43

Depression and diabetes

492

2.31

9.67

8

6.28

3

51

Other with 2 diseases

21,484

2.08

8.97

7

6.01

3

164

Anxiety, depression and diabetes

391

3

12.90

11

7.45

3

43

Atrial Fibrillation, IHD and Heart failure

288

2.54

10.79

9

6.05

3

46

Other with 3 diseases

25,150

2.08

9.05

7

6.14

3

164