TABLE 4.
All-Cause Health Care Expenditures for the 12 Months Pre- and Post-Index Date Reported as per Person per Year
| Commercial | Medicaid | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPP n = 1,236 $ Mean (SD) | Controls n = 24,206 $ Mean (SD) | P Valuea | CPP n = 673 $ Mean (SD) | Controls n = 11,965 $ Mean (SD) | P Valuea | |
| 12 months pre-index | ||||||
| Total health care costs | 14,338 (32,157) | 1,595 (9,162) | < 0.001 | 16,097 (37,831) | 2,484 (11,557) | < 0.001 |
| Inpatient admissions | 2,196 (15,998) | 180 (3,669) | < 0.001 | 3,786 (19,325) | 409 (7,786) | < 0.001 |
| Outpatient office visits | 1,148 (939) | 296 (367) | < 0.001 | 729 (628) | 235 (287) | < 0.001 |
| Laboratory outpatient services | 997 (1,648) | 62 (382) | < 0.001 | 345 (328) | 43 (159) | < 0.001 |
| Radiology outpatient services | 1,698 (5,461) | 86 (1,349) | < 0.001 | 812 (1,573) | 46 (225) | < 0.001 |
| Other outpatient services | 5,268 (13,818) | 684 (6,269) | < 0.001 | 7,785 (22,314) | 1,411 (5,731) | < 0.001 |
| Outpatient prescription | 3,031 (9,291) | 286 (1,560) | < 0.001 | 2,639 (7,488) | 340 (1,737) | < 0.001 |
| 12 months post-index | ||||||
| Total health care costs | 37,135 (40,436) | 1,665 (9,099) | < 0.001 | 29,249 (50,484) | 2,665 (14,863) | < 0.001 |
| Inpatient admissions | 2,509 (20,777) | 213 (6,471) | < 0.001 | 3,450 (22,145) | 608 (12,130) | < 0.001 |
| Outpatient office visits | 1,055 (912) | 296 (371) | < 0.001 | 701 (588) | 224 (283) | < 0.001 |
| Laboratory outpatient services | 602 (1,200) | 64 (367) | < 0.001 | 212 (274) | 39 (135) | < 0.001 |
| Radiology outpatient services | 960 (4,339) | 86 (574) | < 0.001 | 586 (1,658) | 44 (204) | < 0.001 |
| Other outpatient services | 15,591 (22,324) | 692 (3,995) | < 0.001 | 9,872 (22,982) | 1,398 (5,820) | < 0.001 |
| Outpatient prescription | 16,419 (19,944) | 314 (1,766) | < 0.001 | 14,428 (25,643) | 352 (1,977) | < 0.001 |
aStatistical tests compared case to controls within each insurance type.
CPP = central precocious puberty; SD = standard deviation.