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. 2011 Mar 16;11:11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-11-11

Table 4.

Unadjusted costs for CV-event and matched control groups at 1-, 2-, and 3-year follow-up

Pre-Index Year 1 Years 1-2 Years 1-3
CV-Event
(n = 29,688)
CV-Event
(n = 29,688)
Control
(n = 29,688)
CV-Event (n = 11,620) Control
(n = 11,620)
CV-Event
(n = 3853)
Control
(n = 3853)
mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD)
Resources Used median median median median median median median
CV-related medications $285 ($619) $813 ($1051) $180 ($493) $1676 ($1885) $394 ($958) $2530 ($2579) $662 ($1426)
$0 $471 $0 $1,121 $0 $1757 $0
All other medications $1135 ($4511) $1917 ($5936) $588 ($2423) $3687 ($10,272) $1273 ($4558) $5064 ($11,456) $1921 ($4932)
$149 $756 $20 $1,487 $139 $2166 $399
Emergency room $186 ($728) $390 ($1593) $68 ($447) $704 ($2086) $134 ($601) $1113 ($2734) $217 ($735)
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $96 $0
Physician office visit $637 ($2442) $1,248 ($3409) $398 ($907) $2145 ($6820) $849 ($1550) $2726 ($5710) $1208 ($2016)
$301 $725 $178 $1335 $459 $1836 $719
Imaging tests $397 ($1624) $858 ($2130) $232 ($1252) $1384 ($3125) $435 ($1680) $1616 ($2600) $551 ($1627)
$12 $193 $0 $679 $40 $903 $91
Laboratory procedures $187 ($628) $356 ($1119) $118 ($335) $630 ($1810) $256 ($607) $783 ($1541) $357 ($835)
$38 $144 $3 $317 $96 $451 $169
All other outpatient services $1384 ($5070) $3692 ($9745) $781 ($3125) $6051 ($14,075) $1640 ($6722) $7826 ($17,797) $2214 ($5018)
$127 $1321 $22 $2644 $239 $3600 $594
Hospitalization $912 ($7120) $7308($27,680) $424 ($4258) $10,367 ($35,024) $800 ($5082) $12,473 ($34,671) $986 ($5488)
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total Care $5124 ($13,465) $16,582 ($34,425) $2790 ($7837) $26,644 ($48,086) $5782 ($12,807) $34,131 ($51,331) $8117 ($12,634)
$1917 $7408 $856 $13,761 $2622 $19,194 $4528