Table 3.
Utilizations and costs among resource utilization bands (RUBs) in 2002 and 2003.
| RUBs |
Population distribution (%) |
Average number of ADGs |
Relative weights |
Average visit (% of total visits) |
Average cost in NTD (% of total costs) |
| Year 2002 | |||||
| Non-users | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Healthy users | 10.0 | 1.4 | 0.15 | 4.9 (3.5) | 1,806 (1.7) |
| Low-morbidity | 23.8 | 2.9 | 0.39 | 8.8 (14.9) | 4,362 (9.9) |
| Moderate | 39.6 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 15.8 (44.4) | 11,197 (42.1) |
| High | 14.2 | 8.9 | 1.98 | 25.9 (26.1) | 22,134 (29.8) |
| Very-high | 4.1 | 11.7 | 3.83 | 38.6 (11.1) | 42,762 (16.5) |
| Year 2003 | |||||
| Non-users | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Healthy users | 8.0 | 1.4 | 0.13 | 4.0 (2.3) | 1,490 (1.1) |
| Low-morbidity | 25.3 | 2.8 | 0.35 | 7.8 (14.5) | 4,049 (9.3) |
| Moderate | 40.4 | 5.5 | 0.99 | 14.8 (44.4) | 11,252 (41.5) |
| High | 14.3 | 8.9 | 2.01 | 25.6 (27.1) | 23,468 (30.7) |
| Very-high | 4.1 | 11.7 | 3.99 | 38.6 (11.1) | 46,575 (17.4) |