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Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Dec 1;70(4):377–385. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000732

Table 2.

Unadjusted Mean Intervention and Healthcare Costs

INTERVENTION COSTS, $
Hours Rate Cost Fringe Total Per Intervention Patient (N=123)
FIXED INTERVENTION COST
DCM Training 40 48 1,910 477 2,387 19
Total Fixed 40 48 1,910 477 2,387 19
VARIABLE INTERVENTION COST
Psychiatrist (Weekly Meetings) 28 107 2,998 749 3,747 30
Pharmacist (Weekly Meetings) 25 63 1,586 396 1,982 16
Pharmacist (Consultations) 30 63 1,878 470 2,348 19
DCM (Weekly Meetings) 28 48 1,341 335 1,676 14
DCM (Baseline Encounter) 179 48 8,522 2,130 10,652 87
DCM (Follow-up Encounters 766 48 36,569 9,142 45,711 372
Total Variable 1056 52,893 13,223 66,116 538
TOTAL INTERVENTION COST
Total 1096 54,802 13,701 68,503 557
HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION COSTS, $
Pre-intervention (Mean) Post-intervention (Mean)
Usual Care Intervention X2 p>|t| KW* p>|t| Usual Care Intervention X2 p>|t| KW* p>|t|
PHARMACY
HIV 6,109 5,797 0.936 0.223 6,372 4,550 0.467 0.134
Depression 215 116 0.232 0.637 265 157 0.278 0.737
Other 2,393 2,209 0.616 0.580 1,698 1,481 0.490 0.226
TOTAL 8,718 8,122 0.881 0.326 8,335 6,188 0.396 0.342
OUTPATIENT
Substance abuse 283 337 0.760 0.869 389 202 0.168 0.721
Other specialty 685 458 0.174 0.573 707 754 0.804 0.845
Primary care 328 384 0.565 0.887 282 293 0.902 0.568
Mental health 672 657 0.942 0.610 1,188 994 0.451 0.849
Infectious disease 2,648 2,624 0.907 0.950 2,585 3,427 0.003 0.006
Ancillary (laboratory, radiography, etc.) 11,044 10,153 0.822 0.650 10,744 7,931 0.293 0.907
TOTAL 18,561 15,362 0.481 0.964 20,093 16,456 0.303 0.788
INPATIENT
TOTAL 5386 4622 0.693 0.312 6738 4795 0.424 0.630
PATIENT COSTSc
TOTAL 3 5 0.439 0.642 3 3 0.664 0.333
TOTAL, $
TOTAL maina 27,286 23,504 0.646 0.745 28,447 22,657 0.310 0.725
TOTAL secondaryb 32,667 28,111 0.593 0.637 35,168 27,443 0.225 0.827
a

Main analysis consisted of pharmacy, outpatient, and patient costs only

b

Secondary analysis consisted of pharmacy, outpatient, inpatient, and patient costs

c

Patient costs include wait and travel time incurred by patients to receive care

*

Kruskal-Wallis