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. 2017 Nov;23(11):10.18553/jmcp.2017.17060. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2017.17060

TABLE 3.

Propensity Score Matched Study Cohorts: HCRU and Associated Costs per Patient per Year During the Follow-up Period

Apixaban n = 7,107 Mean (SD) Median Warfarin n = 7,107 Mean (SD) Median P Valuea
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.