TABLE 3.
Apixaban n = 7,107 Mean (SD) Median | Warfarin n = 7,107 Mean (SD) Median | P Valuea | |
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All causes | |||
Inpatient | |||
Number of hospitalizations | 0.7 (2.1) 0 | 1.1 (2.9) 0 | < 0.001 |
Hospital length of stay (days) | 4.0 (19.8) 0 | 7.1 (25.6) 0 | < 0.001 |
Total inpatient cost ($) | 8,327 (34,325) 0 | 14,296 (49,994) 0 | < 0.001 |
Outpatient | |||
Number of outpatient claims | 32.7 (31.0) 24 | 51.0 (37.7) 42 | < 0.001 |
Total outpatient cost ($) | 9,655 (16,922) 4,158 | 11,469 (19,582) 5,295 | < 0.001 |
Number of office visit claims | 16.9 (14.4) 14 | 24.9 (20.4) 21 | < 0.001 |
Office visit cost ($) | 2,150 (4,583) 1,333 | 2,358 (5,168) 1,433 | 0.01 |
Number of emergency room claims | 1.8 (4.3) 0 | 2.4 (5.3) 0 | < 0.001 |
Emergency room cost ($) | 864 (2,715) 0 | 1,155 (3,817) 0 | < 0.001 |
Outpatient hospital claims | 6.8 (14.0) 3 | 11.4 (19.3) 4 | < 0.001 |
Outpatient hospital cost ($) | 3,782 (11,751) 354 | 3,515 (11,264) 384 | 0.17 |
Other outpatient claims | 11.7 (22.8) 4 | 20.4 (30.8) 9 | < 0.001 |
Other outpatient cost ($) | 2,858 (9,159) 204 | 4,441 (12,723) 458 | < 0.001 |
Prescription | |||
Number of outpatient prescription claims | 53.0 (36.4) 46 | 54.7 (39.2) 48 | 0.006 |
Total outpatient prescription cost ($) | 5,159 (5,909) 4,296 | 2,867 (4,857) 1,545 | < 0.001 |
Total medical cost ($; inpatient + outpatient) | 17,981 (43,039) 4,878 | 25,766 (59,220) 6,793 | < 0.001 |
Total medical and prescription cost | 23,141 (43,595) 10,452 | 28,633 (59,650) 9,967 | < 0.001 |
Bleeding-related | |||
Total medical cost ($; inpatient + outpatient) | 2,101 (17,867) 0 | 3,963 (27,424) 0 | < 0.001 |
Stroke-related | |||
Total medical cost ($; inpatient + outpatient) | 652 (7,192) 0 | 1,178 (11,695) 0 | 0.001 |
aP values were calculated for the differences in mean values.
HCRU = health care resource utilization; SD = standard deviation.