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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Value Health. 2011 Dec 15;15(2):249–254. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2011.09.008

Table 1.

Medical Cost Category Average Differences from Baseline

Mean 6-Month
Unadjusted Cost
Differences From
Baseline
95% Confidence Interval
for EUC-MDDP
Difference-in-Difference
P-Value
EUC MDDP Lower Upper
Medications $179.89 −$57.53 $64.44 $410.39 0.007
Laboratory −$51.86 −$54.54 −$22.87 $28.22 0.837
Emergency Department −$8.46 $7.78 −$35.55 $3.06 0.099
Outpatient −$65.60 $12.56 −$184.26 $27.96 0.149
Inpatient $35.15 −$273.31 −$78.96 $695.87 0.119
Miscellaneous/Other* −$171.43 $49.74 −$395.22 −$47.13 0.013
  Total −$82.31 $315.29 $194.92 $660.88 0.286
*

Miscellaneous/Other includes home care, durable medical equipment and additional medical costs not otherwise specified.

Cost results are averaged across the three 6–18 month study periods. There were no significant within-period differences.