Table 5.
Estimated potential annual cost avoidance for a 5% increase in attachment to a primary care practice: all patients selected for analyses combineda1
| RUB category | n | Total health care costs in 2010–2011 (in Can$1M) | Estimated cost ratio per | Estimated annual cost avoidance (in Can$1M)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUB 4 | 148,646 | 859.0 | 0.9882 | 50.44 |
| RUB 5 | 74,133 | 1185.5 | 0.9845 | 91.68 |
| Total | 142.12 | |||
a
Many patients appear in multiple registries.
b
Computed as follows: 5 × (Exp(B) − 1) × (Total health care costs).
1.
British Columbia Ministry of Health, Primary Care Data Repository, Fiscal Year 2010–2011.
Can$ = Canadian dollars; Exp(B) = exponentiation of the B coefficient, an odds ratio; M = million; RUB = Resource Utilization Band.