TABLE 3.
Comparison of Cost per Patient per Active Day on Trial between Intervention and Controls, Adjusted for Historical Service Use
| Control | Intervention | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subtrial | Number of Active Days on Trial | Number of Services | Expense (AUS$) | Cost Per Patient Per Active Day (AUS$) | Number of Active Days on Trial | Number of Services | Expense (AUS$) | Cost Per Patient Per Active Day |
| Eyre | ||||||||
| MBS (medical services) | 281,086 | 15,664.00 | 558,887 | 1.99 | 684,402 | 35,360.00 | 1,156,312 | 1.69 |
| PBS (medications) | 281,086 | 23,727.00 | 555,992 | 1.98 | 684,402 | 56,944.00 | 1,338,531 | 1.96 |
| Veterans | 281,086 | 2,290.00 | 195,360 | 0.70 | 684,402 | 1,799.00 | 118,164 | 0.17 |
| Hospital inpatient | 281,086 | 897.27 | 1,820,614 | 6.48 | 684,402 | 1,960.83 | 4,058,552 | 5.93 |
| Hospital outpatient | 281,086 | 63.00 | 3,654 | 0.01 | 684,402 | 37.00 | 2,296 | 0.00 |
| Other | 281,086 | 10.00 | 370 | 0.00 | 684,402 | 4,174.00 | 147,613 | 0.22 |
| Subtotal | 3,134,878 | 11.15 | 6,821,469 | 9.97 | ||||
| South/centrala | ||||||||
| MBS (medical services) | 300,380 | 24,901.00 | 817,462 | 2.72 | 546,747 | 47,314.00 | 1,579,116 | 2.89 |
| PBS (medications) | 300,380 | 26,275.00 | 546,107 | 1.82 | 546,747 | 44,959.00 | 957,582 | 1.75 |
| Veterans | 300,380 | 2,003.00 | 83,427 | 0.28 | 546,747 | 8,171.00 | 428,315 | 0.78 |
| Hospital inpatient | 300,380 | 690.48 | 1,421,987 | 4.73 | 546,747 | 1,396.22 | 2,946,586 | 5.39 |
| Hospital outpatient | 300,380 | 273.00 | 16,849 | 0.06 | 546,747 | 850.00 | 53,070 | 0.10 |
| Other | 300,380 | 5,041.00 | 53,872 | 0.18 | 546,747 | 8,918.00 | 155,289 | 0.28 |
| Subtotal | 2,939,704 | 9.79 | 6,119,959 | 11.19 | ||||
| Western | ||||||||
| MBS (medical services) | 214,727 | 16,403.00 | 555,801 | 2.59 | 236,359 | 22,676.00 | 712,236 | 3.01 |
| PBS (medications) | 214,727 | 17,701.00 | 391,363 | 1.82 | 236,359 | 24,177.00 | 564,507 | 2.39 |
| Veterans | 214,727 | 330.00 | 33,480 | 0.16 | 236,359 | 2,567.00 | 162,325 | 0.69 |
| Hospital inpatient | 214,727 | 458.61 | 975,658 | 4.54 | 236,359 | 859.66 | 1,874,480 | 7.93 |
| Hospital outpatient | 214,727 | 51.00 | 3,498 | 0.02 | 236,359 | 659.00 | 46,562 | 0.20 |
| Other | 214,727 | 1,017.00 | 16,206 | 0.08 | 236,359 | 4,957.00 | 71,156 | 0.30 |
| Subtotal | 197,6005 | 9.20 | 3,431,266 | 14.52 | ||||
a
Central was combined with southern because of small sample size. “Hospital outpatient” refers to emergency department and ambulatory attendances. “Other” indicates community allied health services and home nursing services. Both “hospital outpatient” and “other” service data were complete only for the southern subtrial.