Table 4.
Costs of cohorts in first year of disability level ($US, year 2010 values)
| Newly diagnosed cohorta | PDAAD cohorta | PDINST cohorta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD | Control | p value | PD | Control | p value | PD | Control | p value | |
| Inpatient | 1,446 (13,603) | 1,233 (10,346) | <0.0001 | 14,111 (92,001) | 1,342 (9,142) | <0.001 | 15,026 (33,403) | 1,829 (14,920) | <0.001 |
| ED | 182 (1,127) | 100 (562) | 0.0046 | 350 (933) | 98 (651) | <0.001 | 744 (2,150) | 121 (628) | <0.001 |
| Outpatient | 4,668 (6,300) | 2,530 (9,348) | <0.0001 | 9,184 (15,244) | 2,524 (7,386) | <0.001 | 11,527 (25,480) | 2,681 (6,576) | <0.001 |
| Prescription drugs | 2,872 (2,866) | 1,221 (2,571) | <0.0001 | 7,228 (5,183) | 1,368 (2,855) | <0.001 | 8,781 (13,820) | 1,448 (3,120) | <0.001 |
| AADs | – | 2 (77) | – | 927 (2,958) | 1 (22) | <0.001 | 366 (1,387) | 3 (110) | <0.001 |
| LTCb | 6 (159) | 16 (590) | 0.1759 | – | – | – | 7,061 (13,247) | 14 (465) | <0.001 |
| Total | 9,175 (17,006) | 5,103 (16,340) | <0.0001 | 31,800 (99,695) | 5,333 (14,499) | <0.001 | 43,506 (63,125) | 6,096 (18,779) | <0.001 |
aAll cost values are reported as mean (SD)
bLTC is defined as costs incurred where either the place of service or provider type was listed an extended care facility, a nursing home, or a skilled nursing facility
AADs ambulatory assistance devices, ED emergency department, LTC long-term care, PD Parkinson’s disease, PDAAD PD and ambulatory assistance device, PDINST PD and institutionalization, SD standard deviation