Table 2.
Annual raw health resource utilization and costs among patients with gMG and comparators.
| Cases (n = 2537) | Comparators (n = 10148) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion of usage | Number of events in 2019 among non-zero users | Proportion of usage | Number of events in 2019 among non-zero users | |||||
| n | % | Mean | SD | n | % | Mean | SD | |
| Frequency of care | ||||||||
| Outpatient | 2535 | 99.92 | 27.51 | 17.19 | 9619 | 94.79 | 17.68 | 15.50 |
| Inpatient | 1127 | 44.42 | 1.77 | 1.44 | 1084 | 10.68 | 1.57 | 1.45 |
| Emergency | 947 | 37.33 | 2.09 | 2.55 | 1801 | 17.75 | 1.63 | 1.77 |
| Costs of care (NT$) | ||||||||
| Outpatient | 2535 | 99.92 | 40325.74 | 69886.97 | 9619 | 94.79 | 19753.27 | 54133.81 |
| Inpatient | 1127 | 44.42 | 142419.62 | 214202.74 | 1084 | 10.68 | 88578.73 | 133801.87 |
| Emergency | 947 | 37.33 | 10326.42 | 14661.81 | 1801 | 17.75 | 6273.67 | 9910.83 |
| Drugs | 2537 | 100 | 27804.26 | 65976.59 | 9637 | 94.96 | 10051.68 | 45042.05 |
| Total | 2537 | 100 | 135219.23 | 224174.16 | 9637 | 94.96 | 40904.12 | 106625.26 |
CCI, Charlson comorbidity index; N, number of subjects; NT$, New Taiwan dollars; SD, standard deviation.