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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2010 Nov-Dec;30(6):625–638. doi: 10.1177/0272989X10363479

Table 6.

Simulated Cost-Free Intervention Effects on 10-Year Medicare Costs and Nursing Home (NH) Utilization Rates and Costs (in 2007 Dollars), 3-D GoM Model, 9- Month and 36-Month Delays, Females

Initial Pure Type Total Years Lived Years Lived in NH Discounted Medicare Costs Discounted Medicare Cost per Year Lived Discounted NH Costs Discounted NH Cost per Year Lived
9-Month Delay
I 0.36 −0.22 −2,173 −566 −10,184 −1,540
II 0.58 −0.10 3,252 −465 −6,655 −2,676
III 0.00 0.01 −1 −10 330 52
IV 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
36-Month Delay
I 1.09 −1.03 −11,543 −2,110 −45,644 −5,873
II 2.13 −0.53 10,758 −1,540 −29,871 −8,648
III 0.01 0.02 −10 −27 908 147
IV 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0

Note: NH costs are fixed at the average Medicaid daily rate of $145 in 2007 dollars; costs are discounted at 3% per year.