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. 2012 Dec 21;12:472. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-472

Table 2.

Disaggregation of laboratory expenditures in British Columbia, 1996/07 and 2005/06

 
% Change
  1996/97 2005/06 Overall Average annual
Total expenditure for guideline-consistent laboratory tests
9,929,315
28,615,178
       
Total expenditure for other laboratory tests
138,034,815
207,496,629
50.3%
4.6%
Guideline-consistent lab expenditures by age group
Per capita guideline consistent laboratory tests
$change
%change
Per capita other laboratory tests
$change
%change
Per capita base fee
$change
%change
 
1996/97
2005/06
 
 
1996/97
2005/06
 
 
1996/97
2005/06
 
 
0 to 24
0.1
0.2
0.1
64.0%
17.3
19.2
1.9
10.9%
1.1
1.3
0.2
16.5%
25 to 44
0.7
1.5
0.8
106.3%
36.3
45.0
8.7
24.0%
3.2
3.8
0.6
20.1%
45 to 54
2.8
5.8
3.0
109.7%
38.8
52.4
13.5
34.9%
5.9
7.6
1.6
27.7%
55 to 64
6.5
13.6
7.1
108.8%
46.1
65.7
19.5
42.3%
9.3
11.8
2.4
26.3%
65 to 74
9.9
24.0
14.0
141.0%
58.5
84.1
25.6
43.7%
12.9
16.7
3.8
29.5%
75 to 84
10.3
27.8
17.5
170.0%
65.8
99.2
33.5
50.9%
14.5
19.4
4.9
33.8%
85 plus
8.2
20.0
11.9
145.4%
55.0
82.5
27.5
49.9%
12.7
16.3
3.5
27.8%
 
%Growth attributable
 
Overall
 
 
Average annual
 
 
Growth attributable to other changes (from Table 1)
37.4%
 
 
3.6%
 
 
Growth attributable to changes in prevalence
13.9%
 
 
1.5%
 
 
Growth attributable to changes in utilization
20.7%
 
 
2.1%
 
 
Growth attributable to changes in guideline-consistent laboratory testing
11.3%
 
 
1.2%
 
 
Growth attributable to changes in other laboratory testing 8.5%     0.9%