Table 2.
Number of Patients’ monthly utilization of services by category
| Utilization category | Total (N=175) | Male (N=107) | Female (N=68) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of utilizing patients (%) | Total number of events utilized | Event rate | Total number of utilizing patients (%) | Total number of events utilized | Event rate | Total number of utilizing patients (%) | Total number of events utilized | Event rate | |
| Inpatient | 30 (17%) | 38 | 0.18 | 20 (19%) | 24 | 0.19 | 10 (15%) | 14 | 0.17 |
| Outpatient | 94 (53%) | 157 | 0.75 | 61 (57%) | 101 | 0.8 | 33 (48%) | 56 | 0.67 |
| Laboratory | 41 (23%) | 61 | 0.29 | 22 (20%) | 33 | 0.26 | 19 (28%) | 28 | 0.34 |
| Imaging and diagnostics | 30 (17%) | 38 | 0.18 | 18 (17%) | 22 | 0.17 | 12 (18%) | 16 | 0.19 |
| Pharmacy | 133 (76%) | 265 | 1.27 | 87 (81%) | 177 | 1.4 | 46 (68%) | 88 | 1.06 |
| Equipment | 7 (4%) | 8 | 0.04 | 7 (7%) | 8 | 0.06 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rehabilitation | 3 (2%) | 3 | 0.01 | 3 (3%) | 3 | 0.02 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0.0 |
| Home Care | 5 (3%) | 5 | 0.02 | 2 (2%) | 2 | 0.02 | 3 (4%) | 3 | 0.04 |
The imaging and diagnostics category includes patient’s expenses such as ECG, echocardiography, chest X-ray, sonography, exercise tolerance test, etc, Equipment category includes patient’s expenses such as pulse oximeter, pacemaker, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, etc, Rehabilitation category includes patient’s expenses such as chest physiotherapy, four limb physiotherapy, etc.