Table 2.
Changes in Monthly Inpatient Hospital Admissions, Outpatient Physician Encounters, and Respiratory-related Physician Encounters per 100 Population at 1 and 5 Years Post-tuberculosis for People Diagnosed With Tuberculosis
| One year Post-tuberculosis | Five years Post-tuberculosis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expected Monthly Ratea | Observed Monthly Ratea (95% CI) |
Absolute Difference (95% CI) |
Relative Change (95% CI) |
Expected Monthly Ratea | Observed Monthly Ratea (95% CI) |
Absolute Difference (95% CI) |
Relative Change (95% CI) |
|
| Inpatient hospital admissions | 1.7 | 2.8 (2.5, 3.1) |
1.1 (0.8, 1.4) |
60.4% (43.2, 77.6) |
1.9 | 2.2 (2.1, 2.4) | 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) | 17.8% (12.4, 28.5) |
| Outpatient physician encountersb | 213.6 | 286.2 (279.3, 293.0) |
72.6 (65.7, 79.4) |
34.0% (30.7, 37.2) |
207.9 | 233.3 (229.9, 236.6) |
25.5 (22.1, 28.8) |
12.3% (10.6, 13.8) |
| Respiratory related outpatient physician encountersc | 7.7 | 12.4 (11.5, 13.3) |
4.6 (3.7, 5.5) |
59.5% (47.9, 71.0%) |
7.8 | 11.3 (10.9, 11.8) |
3.5 (3.1, 4.0) |
44.9% (39.8, 51.3) |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
Per 100 population.
Captures all unique physician encounters, regardless of ICD-9 billing codes, including laboratory and additional diagnostic procedures.
Only captures unique physician encounters coded for respiratory diseases.