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. 2002 Apr;37(2):315–340. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.025

Table 4.

Estimated Total Cost per Person1

FFS Direct Capitation MBHO



Estimate Pre Post(1st)p < 2 Post(2nd)p < Pre Post(1st)p < Post(2nd)p < Pre Post(1st)p < Post(2nd)p <
Total Cost per Person ($) 3595 3840 3254 5053 4318 4072 6417 2964 1942
Total Cost per User3,4 ($) 3900 4196 3778 5261 4968 5291 6883 3488* 2863**
Total Probability of Use2 0.92 0.92 0.86 0.96 0.87** 0.77*** 0.93 0.85 0.68***
1

Other client characteristics held at the total sample mean.

2

t-Test of the predicted postcapitation value compared to its precapitation value; ***,**,*p≤0.01, 0.05, 0.10, respectively, two-tailed.

3

The estimated total cost per user is a transformation of the estimated logarithm of user costs using Duan's (1982) smearing method.

4

Based on results from Table 3.