Table 1.
Medicaid and Medicare payments in CareSouth patients versus matched control patients before and after implementation of team care by cost category
| Before intervention |
After intervention |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CareSouth | Control | P value | CareSouth | Control | P value | |
| Inpatient care | 1,230.26 ± 3,623.82 | 1,611.06 ± 5,336.316 | 0.4126 | 1,470.85 ± 5,340.159 | 1,567.21 ± 5,320.329 | 0.8591 |
| Nonhospital outpatient care | 2,096.63 ± 3,104.133 | 2,940.78 ± 4,335.243 | 0.0254 | 3,022.65 ± 5,695.479 | 3,490.40 ± 6,034.75 | 0.4341 |
| Hospital outpatient care | 445.65 ± 915.4637 | 260.50 ± 457.4701 | 0.0124 | 280.40 ± 584.9204 | 281.64 ± 477.1866 | 0.9818 |
| Pharmacy | 2,479.20 ± 2,091.833 | 2,499.67 ± 2,290.305 | 0.9270 | 2,709.67 ± 2,223.474 | 2,887.51 ± 2,742.313 | 0.4845 |
| Total | 6,251.74 ± 6,648.942 | 7,312.01 ± 8,748.297 | 0.1809 | 7,483.57 ± 9,834.168 | 8,226.76 ± 10,512.23 | 0.4737 |
Data are means ± SD in USD.