Background
Methods
Study design
Outcomes
Data analysis
Results
Patient demographic factors
No LTCs n = 338,372 (41.1%) | One to three LTC n = 375,893 (45.7%) | Four plus LTC n = 109,579 (13.3%) | Overall n = 824,374 | |
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Missed appointment category; missing values n = 0 | ||||
Zero | 226,190 51.5% | 182,682 41.6% | 30,720 7% | 439,592 100% |
Low | 84,556 37% | 111,928 49% | 31,881 14% | 228,365 100% |
Medium | 22,157 22.8% | 51,569 53.1% | 23,351 24.1% | 97,077 100% |
High | 5819 9.8% | 29,714 50.1% | 23,807 40.1% | 59,340 100% |
Age; missing values n = 6650 (0.8%) | ||||
0–15 | 100,880 80.8% | 25,910 19.2% | 22 0% | 134,732 100% |
16–30 | 95,785 56.7% | 70,320 41.7% | 2686 1.6% | 168,791 100% |
31–45 | 70,040 41.1% | 89,731 52.7% | 10,622 6.2% | 170,393 100% |
46–60 | 41,401 24.1% | 103,869 60.5% | 26,330 15.3% | 171,600 100% |
61–75 | 13,701 11.7% | 65,359 55.6% | 38,507 32.8% | 117,567 100% |
76–90 | 2225 4.5% | 18,987 38.5% | 28,070 57% | 49,282 100% |
90 plus | 201 3.8% | 1637 30.5% | 3521 65.7% | 5359 100% |
Sex; missing values n = 0 | ||||
Male | 169,052 44.1% | 168,677 44% | 45,729 11.9% | 45,729 11.9% |
Female | 169,670 38.5% | 207,216 47% | 64,030 14.5% | 440,916 100% |
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation; missing values n = 19,082 (2.3%) | ||||
1 | 30,755 35.7% | 41,730 48.5% | 13,571 15.8% | 86,056 100% |
2 | 26,708 36.1% | 35,288 47.7% | 11,924 16.1% | 73,920 100% |
3 | 28,575 37.4% | 35,732 46.8% | 12,050 15.8% | 76,357 100% |
4 | 28,106 38.3% | 34,003 46.3% | 11,257 15.3% | 73,366 100% |
5 | 30,064 39.7% | 34,634 45.8% | 11,002 14.5% | 75,700 100% |
6 | 34,264 42.3% | 36,724 45.3% | 10,075 12.4% | 81,063 100% |
7 | 36,838 41.3% | 40,844 45.7% | 11,601 13% | 89,283 100% |
8 | 33,476 43.7% | 34,293 44.7% | 8882 11.6% | 76,651 100% |
9 | 32,405 43% | 34,089 45.2% | 8854 11.8% | 75,348 100% |
10 | 47,717 48.9% | 40,745 41.8% | 9086 9.3% | 97,548 100% |
LTCs and risk of missing appointments
Physical and mental health-reated LTCs
All-cause mortality in missed appointments
Causes and age at death in LTC groups
No long-term conditions | |||
Missed appointment category | Number of deaths (% of group dead) | Mean age at death (SD) | Most common primary causes of death (%) |
Zero | 262 (0.1%) | 68.06 (21.09) | I219 (8.4), C349 (5.7), R99 (5.7) |
Low | 119 (0.1%) | 64.38 (21.78) | R99 (10), G309 (9.2), I259 (5) |
Medium | 41 (0.2%) | 62.56 (23.08) | C349 (9.8), R99 (9.8), C221 (7.3) |
High | 24 (0.4%) | 56.79 (27.14) | R99 (25), F019 (8.3), N40 (8.3) |
Only mental health-related long-term conditions | |||
Missed appointment category | Number of deaths (% of group dead) | Mean age at death (SD) | Most common primary causes of death |
Zero | 69 (0.2%) | 55.72 (20) | R99 (11.6), X70 (10.1), I219 (8.7) |
Low | 83 (0.4%) | 54.68 (18.79) | R99 (21.6), X70 (12), I219 (6) |
Medium | 58 (0.6%) | 53.1 (20.18) | R99 (19), X42 (6.9), Y14 (6.9) |
High | 53 (1.7%) | 49.3 (20) | R99 (32), G309 (9.4), Y14 (5.6) |
Only physical long-term conditions | |||
Missed appointment category | Number of deaths (% of group dead) | Mean age at death (SD) | Most common primary causes of death |
Zero | 1399 (0.1%) | 77.12 (12.34) | C349 (8.3), I219 (7.3), I259 (3.2) |
Low | 1361 (1.9%) | 77.46 (13.36) | I219 (7.3), C349 (6), I259 (4.2) |
Medium | 1025 (3.2%) | 78.93 (12.54) | C349 (8.1), I219 (6.4), I259 (4.6) |
High | 1241 (6.6%) | 79.97 (13.27) | C349 (6.1), I219 (5.8), I259 (4.2) |
Both physical and mental health-related long-term conditions | |||
Missed appointment category | Number of deaths (% of group dead) | Mean age at death (SD) | Most common primary causes of death |
Zero | 1193 (2.0%) | 76.65 (13.53) | G309 (7.5), F03 (6.9), I219 (6.2) |
Low | 1432 (2.9%) | 76.56 (13.59) | G309 (6.7), F03 (6.2), I219 (5.5) |
Medium | 1372 (4.2%) | 75.01 (14.93) | G309 (6), F019 (5.8), I219 (5.3) |
High | 2114 (7.0%) | 76.19 (15.29) | F019 (7.9), G309 (6.4), F03 (5.9) |