. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2008 Jul 17;180(3):1070–1074. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.05.051

Table 3.

Projected Utilization and Reimbursement for 2007 and 2008 (in 2005 dollars)

Year	Rate per 100,000 (95% CI)	Old Payment Regulations^* (95% CI)	New Payment Regulations^* (95% CI)	Absolute Difference	Relative Difference
2005	1027 (observed)	11,459,209	-	-	-

2006	1051 (820 – 1324)	$13,020,768 ($10,358,165 – $15,994,116)	-	-	-

2007	1079 (764 – 1439)	$14,194,048 ($10,086,162 – $18,315,099)	-	-	-

2008	1106 (691 – 1583)	$15,460,380 ($9,962,419 – $21,088,249)	$19,219,544 ($11,935,670 – $27,465,487)	+ $3,759,164 ($1,973,251 – $6,377,238)	+ 24% (20% - 30%)

costs expressed in year 2005 dollars using a 3% annual discount rate