Table 2.
Unadjusted mean annual Medicare payments per participant in the IDEATel Study; December 15, 2000, through December 31, 2006
| Mean annual payments (SE) Intention-to-treat Usual care=821 Telemedicine=844 |
p Value | Mean annual payments (SE) Non-censored group Usual care=547 Telemedicine=368 |
p Value | Mean annual payments (SE) Censored group Usual care=274 Telemedicine=476 |
p Value | |
| All services | ||||||
| Usual care | $9040 (386) | $8346 (424) | $10426 (769) | |||
| Telemedicine | $9669 (443) | $7571 (506) | $11292 (636) | |||
| Inpatient services | ||||||
| Usual care | $4314 (262) | $3744 (283) | $5450 (542) | |||
| Telemedicine | $4749 (297) | $3371 (342) | $5814 (435) | |||
| Physician services | ||||||
| Usual care | $2203 (74) | $2198 (80) | $2213 (142) | |||
| Telemedicine | $2255 (88) | $2136 (106) | $2347 (120) | |||
| Outpatient services | ||||||
| Usual care | $1132 (59) | $1168 (65) | $1060 (98) | |||
| Telemedicine | $1192 (67) | $1.144 (71) | $1229 (97) | |||
| Durable medical equipment | ||||||
| Usual care | $385 (25) | 0.03 | $379 (32) | $398 (38) | 0.02 | |
| Telemedicine | $475 (36) | $381 (42) | $548 (53) | |||
| Home care | ||||||
| Usual care | $577 (50) | $586 (62) | 0.02 | $558 (75) | ||
| Telemedicine | $500 (45) | $402 (53) | $575 (65) | |||
| Skilled nursing facilities | ||||||
| Usual care | $381 (41) | $268 (41) | 0.01 | $608 (95) | ||
| Telemedicine | $471 (54) | $133 (37) | $732 (86) | |||
| Hospice Services | ||||||
| Usual care | $48 (16) | $2 (2) | $139 (46) | |||
| Telemedicine | $29 (9) | $4 (4) | $48 (15) | |||
SE, adjusted for clustering by primary care physician practices. Only p values <0.05 for the comparison between usual care and telemedicine are shown.