Care Utilization
Dimension 494 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Care Utilization measures the extent to which an expression reflects contact with organized health services, including visits, stays, treatment settings, and involvement with care teams or support providers. It encompasses both whether care is accessed and how frequently or extensively that care is used.
evidence final name · Longstanding Illness Disability
Minimal Care Utilization
Expressions activating this band contain little to no clear reference to health-service contact and are often unrelated, generic, or only loosely connected to organized care.
Low Care Utilization
Expressions activating this band refer to occasional or general contact with services, providers, or supportive visits without emphasizing repeated treatment episodes or detailed service use.
Moderate Care Utilization
Expressions activating this band describe active engagement with treatment settings such as hospitals, clinics, outpatient services, or support visits, often including repeated contacts or multiple types of care.
High Care Utilization
Expressions activating this band center on frequent or extensive use of organized care, including multiple outpatient visits, inpatient stays, treatment locations, and sustained contact with care teams.
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Minimal Longstanding Illness Disability: Expressions show no meaningful longstanding illness disability content. The proxy is effectively absent. Expressions activating this band are unrelated to longstanding illness disability.
Moderate Longstanding Illness Disability: Longstanding illness disability is clearly present at this level. This is the first band where longstanding illness disability becomes detectable. Expressions activating this band reflect longstanding illness disability at this level of intensity.
Intense Longstanding Illness Disability: Longstanding illness disability is experienced here as direct functional disruption, reflecting interference with daily life and measurable impairment. Unlike the band below, where longstanding illness disability was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect direct functional disruption from longstanding illness disability.
Peak Longstanding Illness Disability: Longstanding illness disability is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where longstanding illness disability was characterized by direct functional disruption, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band reflect longstanding illness disability at this level of intensity.