Absolute differences in per-person-year rates of health care encounters 56 days or more after a positive compared with negative polymerase chain reaction test result for SARS-CoV-2, stratified by sex*
| Type of health care encounter | Rate of health care use, per-person-year | |
|---|---|---|
| Rate difference at mean (95% CI) | Rate difference at 99th percentile* (95% CI) | |
| Females, n = 271 966 | ||
| Days in hospital | 0.36 (0.29 to 0.43) | 6.48 (5.00 to 7.97) |
| Outpatient encounters | 0.49 (0.41 to 0.58) | 0.38 (−0.68 to 1.32) |
| Home care encounters | 0.31 (0.05 to 0.56) | 28.37 (2.61 to 46.54) |
| Emergency department visits | 0 (−0.01 to 0.02) | −0.07 (−0.17 to 0.05) |
| Long-term care days | 0.81 (0.69 to 0.93) | 0 |
| Total health care encounters | 1.98 (1.63 to 2.29) | 56.60 (41.69 to 72.71) |
| Males, n = 259 736 | ||
| Days in hospital | 0.47 (0.38 to 0.57) | 8.69 (6.12 to 11.10) |
| Outpatient encounters | 0.14 (0.06 to 0.21) | −0.87 (−2.06 to −0.18) |
| Homecare encounters | −0.43 (−0.67 to −0.21) | −27.31 (−40.53 to −13.22) |
| Emergency department visits | 0.01 (0 to 0.02) | 0.12 (−0.03 to 0.24) |
| Long-term care days | 0.48 (0.36 to 0.60) | 0 |
| Total health care encounters | 0.66 (0.34 to 0.99) | 39.27 (17.25 to 65.21) |
Note: CI = confidence interval.
↵* All comparisons are for test-positive versus test-negative people after matching. Mean total health care use may differ from summary of component use owing to rounding errors. 99th percentiles of health care use are not additive.