Table 2.
NSHA case costing data for emergency room visits and hospitalizations during 12-month follow-up (n = 466)
| CDS (n = 207) |
Usual care (n = 259) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | P-value | |
| Number of encounters | |||||
| ER visit only | 19 | (9.2) | 24 | (9.3) | 0.291 |
| Hospitalization only | 3 | (1.4) | 6 | (2.3) | 0.259 |
| ER visit followed by hospitalizationa | 1 | (0.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.337 |
| Direct medical | |||||
| Mean (SD) | $1,177 | ($7,358) | $1,076 | ($4,698) | 0.856 |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | $0 | ($0, $0) | $0 | ($0, $0) | |
| Direct non-medical | |||||
| Mean (SD) | $354 | ($1,633) | $231 | ($1,069) | 0.851 |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | $0 | ($0, $0) | $0 | ($0, $0) | |
| Total direct costs | |||||
| Mean (SD) | $1,433 | ($8,984) | $1,307 | ($5,752) | 0.856 |
| Median (Q1,Q3) | $0 | ($0, $0) | $0 | ($0, $0) | |
Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, Q1 First quartile, Q3 Third quartile, CDS Clinical decision support, ER Emergency room
aIncludes a participant who experienced an ER visit and hospitalization during a single recorded encounter (disaggregated data are not available)