Table 2 Hospital use and emergency department (ED) attendance in the year prior to and year following diagnosis of bowel or lung cancer and ratio of relative frequency (RRF), 45 and Up Study participants and NSW residents aged ≥45 years
| Â | Bowel cancer | Lung cancer | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
45 and Up | NSW | Â | 45 and Up | NSW | Â | |||||
n | % | n | % | RRF (95% CL) | n | % | n | % | RRF (95% CL) | |
Year prior to diagnosis | ||||||||||
 Number of admission | ||||||||||
  Zero | 1419 | 77.2 | 20,480 | 75.8 | 1.02 (0.99,1.04) | 695 | 71.7 | 12,332 | 71.2 | 1.01 (0.97,1.05) |
  1 | 270 | 14.7 | 4550 | 16.8 | 0.87 (0.78,0.97) | 179 | 18.5 | 3275 | 18.9 | 0.98 (0.86,1.11) |
  2+ | 148 | 8.1 | 1983 | 7.3 | 1.10 (0.95,1.27) | 95 | 9.8 | 1707 | 9.9 | 0.99 (0.83,1.20) |
 Number of weeks in hospital | ||||||||||
  Zero | 1418 | 77.2 | 20,444 | 75.7 | 1.02 (1.00,1.04) | 694 | 71.6 | 12,300 | 71.0 | 1.01 (0.97,1.05) |
  1 week | 276 | 15.0 | 4169 | 15.4 | 0.97 (0.88,1.08) | 175 | 18.1 | 2936 | 17.0 | 1.07 (0.94,1.21) |
   > 1 week | 143 | 7.8 | 2400 | 8.9 | 0.88 (0.75,1.02) | 100 | 10.3 | 2078 | 12.0 | 0.86 (0.72,1.03) |
 Type of hospital | ||||||||||
  0 | 191 | 28.8 | 1999 | 20.5 | 1.40 (1.23,1.60) | 68 | 15.0 | 1155 | 14.4 | 1.04 (0.83,1.31) |
  1 | 472 | 71.2 | 7746 | 79.5 | 0.90 (0.82,0.97) | 385 | 85.0 | 6862 | 85.6 | 0.99 (0.91,1.09) |
 Number of ED attendances | ||||||||||
  Zero | 1395 | 75.9 | 20,006 | 74.1 | 1.03 (1.00,1.05) | 658 | 67.9 | 11,640 | 67.2 | 1.01 (0.97,1.05) |
  1 | 266 | 14.5 | 4523 | 16.7 | 0.86 (0.78,0.96) | 183 | 18.9 | 3385 | 19.6 | 0.97 (0.85,1.10) |
  2+ | 176 | 9.6 | 2484 | 9.2 | 1.04 (0.91,1.19) | 128 | 13.2 | 2289 | 13.2 | 1.00 (0.85,1.17) |
Year following diagnosis | ||||||||||
 Number of admissions | ||||||||||
  Zero | 159 | 8.7 | 2349 | 8.7 | 1.00 (0.86,1.15) | 166 | 17.1 | 2849 | 16.5 | 1.04 (0.91,1.19) |
  1 | 825 | 44.9 | 11,532 | 42.7 | 1.05 (1.00,1.10) | 370 | 38.2 | 6316 | 36.5 | 1.05 (0.97,1.13) |
  2 | 452 | 24.6 | 7171 | 26.5 | 0.93 (0.86,1.00) | 220 | 22.7 | 4001 | 23.1 | 0.98 (0.88,1.10) |
  3+ | 401 | 21.8 | 5961 | 22.1 | 0.99 (0.91,1.08) | 213 | 22.0 | 4148 | 24.0 | 0.92 (0.82,1.03) |
 Number of weeks in hospital | ||||||||||
  Zero | 141 | 7.7 | 1989 | 7.4 | 1.04 (0.89,1.21) | 149 | 15.4 | 2452 | 14.2 | 1.09 (0.94,1.25) |
  Up to 2 weeks | 975 | 53.1 | 13,172 | 48.8 | 1.09 (1.04,1.13) | 409 | 42.2 | 6964 | 40.2 | 1.05 (0.98,1.13) |
   > 2 to 4 weeks | 401 | 21.8 | 6489 | 24.0 | 0.91 (0.84,0.99) | 231 | 23.8 | 4210 | 24.3 | 0.98 (0.88,1.09) |
   > 4 weeks | 320 | 17.4 | 5363 | 19.9 | 0.88 (0.80,0.97) | 180 | 18.6 | 3688 | 21.3 | 0.87 (0.77,0.99) |
 Type of hospital | ||||||||||
  Private | 1095 | 33.3 | 14,031 | 28.9 | 1.15 (1.10,1.21) | 247 | 15.1 | 3833 | 12.5 | 1.20 (1.07,1.35) |
  Public | 2192 | 66.7 | 34,527 | 71.1 | 0.94 (0.91,0.97) | 1394 | 84.9 | 26,834 | 87.5 | 0.97 (0.94,1.00) |
 Number of ED attendances | ||||||||||
  Zero | 996 | 54.2 | 13,411 | 49.6 | 1.09 (1.05,1.14) | 321 | 33.1 | 5195 | 30.0 | 1.10 (1.01,1.20) |
  1 | 395 | 21.5 | 6844 | 25.3 | 0.85 (0.78,0.92) | 275 | 28.4 | 5138 | 29.7 | 0.96 (0.87,1.05) |
  2 | 195 | 10.6 | 3361 | 12.4 | 0.85 (0.75,0.97) | 156 | 16.1 | 3118 | 18.0 | 0.89 (0.78,1.03) |
  3+ | 251 | 13.7 | 3397 | 12.6 | 1.09 (0.97,1.21) | 217 | 22.4 | 3863 | 22.3 | 1.00 (0.90,1.12) |
 Resection | ||||||||||
  No | 362 | 19.7 | 5736 | 21.2 | 0.93 (0.85,1.01) | 778 | 80.3 | 14,390 | 83.1 | 0.97 (0.94,1.00) |
  Yes | 1475 | 80.3 | 21,277 | 78.8 | 1.02 (1.00,1.04) | 191 | 19.7 | 2924 | 16.9 | 1.17 (1.03,1.32) |
 Urgency of resectiona | ||||||||||
  Planned/other | 1290 | 87.5 | 17,953 | 84.4 | 1.04 (1.01,1.07) |  |  |  |  |  |
  Emergency | 185 | 12.5 | 3324 | 15.6 | 0.80 (0.70,0.92) |  |  |  |  |  |