Table 2.
Post-index healthcare costs per patient. Mean all-cause healthcare costs assessed per cohort during the 6-month follow-up period.
| Cost Measures | Mean | SD | Median | IQR | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Outpatient Medical Services | |||||
| Syndromic Vaginitis PCR | USD 3460 | USD 9606 | USD 1047 | USD 2622 | |
| No Test | USD 5028 | USD 15,114 | USD 1420 | USD 3888 | |
| Total Outpatient Cost Savings | USD 1568 | <0.0001 | |||
| Physician office visits | |||||
| Syndromic Vaginitis PCR | USD 896 | USD 1324 | USD 481 | USD 876 | |
| No Test | USD 1015 | USD 3559 | USD 511 | USD 914 | 0.1092 |
| ER visit | |||||
| Syndromic Vaginitis PCR | USD 358 | USD 1544 | USD 0 | USD 0 | |
| No Test | USD 373 | USD 1749 | USD 0 | USD 0 | 0.6897 |
| Other medical services | |||||
| Syndromic Vaginitis PCR | USD 2206 | USD 8895 | USD 266 | USD 1243 | |
| No Test | USD 3640 | USD 13,743 | USD 519 | USD 2277 | <0.0001 |
| Outpatient Pharmacy | |||||
| Total outpatient pharmacy costs | |||||
| Syndromic Vaginitis PCR | USD 2023 | USD 8619 | USD 186 | USD 719 | |
| No Test | USD 2086 | USD 11,245 | USD 184 | USD 760 | 0.7886 |
| Total costs specific to antibiotic prescriptions | |||||
| Syndromic Vaginitis PCR | USD 25 | USD 106 | USD 6 | USD 24 | |
| No Test | USD 15 | USD 221 | USD 0 | USD 8 | 0.0314 |
| Inpatient | |||||
| Syndromic Vaginitis PCR | USD 1192 | USD 8252 | USD 0 | USD 0 | |
| No Test | USD 1629 | USD 19,031 | USD 0 | USD 0 | 0.2726 |