Table 3.
Medical costs† and hospital utilization in our subjects
| MDC (n = 391) | Usual care (n = 431) | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (median)‡ | SD | Mean (median)‡ | SD | ||
| Medical costs, NT | |||||
| Before 3 months | 41 013 (31 374) | 41 111 | 45 430 (27 029) | 54 503 | 0.19 |
| At dialysis initiation | 79 022 (53 302) | 117 118 | 146 038 (63 327) | 259 431 | <0.001 |
| After 6 months | 218 684 (197 092) | 185 792 | 230 014 (195 463) | 243 206 | 0.46 |
| Hospital days | |||||
| At dialysis initiation | 15.5 | 12.9 | 22.4 | 24.2 | <0.001 |
| After 6 months | 11.2 | 21.8 | 16.0 | 31.2 | 0.01 |
†
Excluding dialysis cost; before 3 months and after 6 months, costs were based on total subjects, while at dialysis initiation, they were based on the number of valid subjects.
‡
Median was calculated based on the number of all the subjects. MDC, multidisciplinary care; SD, standard deviation.