Table 3. Mean total discounted health-care costs by treatment group.

	Losartan (n=6771)	Candesartan (n=7329)	Difference (95% confidence interval)	P-value
Study drugs	13 211	12 422	790 (209–1370)	0.008
Outpatients contacts	43 365	39 902	3 463 (874–6051)	0.009
Laboratory tests	659	644	15 (−28–58)	0.500
Hospitalizations	33 080	26 979	6 101 (255–11 950)	0.041
Total	90 316	79 947	10 369 (3 109–17 629)	0.005