Table 3.

Incremental health care expenditures in patients with RA by health care service: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2018 to 2020^*

Type of healthcare expenditure	Incremental expenditure, $	95% CI, $	P value
Total	3,382.97	1,816.50 to 4,949.44	<0.001
Hospital inpatient	−136.19	−528.13 to 255.75	0.494
Office‐based outpatient visits	686.60	−208.03 to 1,581.23	0.132
Outpatient	104.19	−119.44 to 327.83	0.359
Emergency department	27.62	−3.11 to 58.36	0.078
Prescription medication	2,319.15	1,408.39 to 3,229.90	<0.001
Dental	68.31	−50.26 to 186.89	0.257
Home health and others a	56.12	−71.52 to 183.76	0.387

^*CI, confidence interval; RA, rheumatoid arthritis. Significance at P < 0.05 has been bolded.

^a Includes glasses, ambulance, and equipment.