Table 2.
Healthcare costs ($USD) following initial cardiovascular event
| Costs | First year | Second year | Third year | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N = 193,385 (100%) |
Acute N = 193,385 (100%) |
Short term N = 182,416 (94%) |
Total N = 109,950 (57%) |
Total N = 63,869 (33%) |
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| Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | |
| Total costs | 41,937 | 72,513 | 20,675 | 22,404 | 41,622 | 9432 | 20,621 | 54,159 | 6817 | 16,786 | 48,132 | 5794 | 15,133 | 41,503 | 5433 |
| Medical costs | 38,249 | 71,466 | 16,960 | 21,945 | 41,593 | 8979 | 17,230 | 53,007 | 3395 | 13,168 | 46,860 | 2386 | 11,489 | 40,199 | 2085 |
| Inpatient costs | 24,993 | 57,793 | 5902 | 17,333 | 39,745 | 2647 | 8098 | 39,122 | 0 | 5727 | 34,482 | 0 | 4764 | 27,754 | 0 |
| Emergency room costs | 586 | 1862 | 74 | 253 | 883 | 0 | 352 | 1586 | 0 | 313 | 1298 | 0 | 290 | 1404 | 0 |
| Ambulatory costs | 10,232 | 26,001 | 3370 | 3218 | 7995 | 526 | 7413 | 23,765 | 2016 | 6165 | 22,397 | 1504 | 5541 | 19,658 | 1298 |
| Office visit costs | 2237 | 6537 | 1008 | 331 | 984 | 120 | 2012 | 6273 | 851 | 1740 | 5198 | 731 | 1594 | 4786 | 646 |
| Outpatient visit costs | 7995 | 24,298 | 1707 | 2887 | 7889 | 199 | 5401 | 22,104 | 637 | 4425 | 21,079 | 315 | 3947 | 18,282 | 248 |
| Other medical costs | 2438 | 13,130 | 234 | 1140 | 8715 | 11 | 1367 | 9261 | 85 | 962 | 7872 | 61 | 894 | 7790 | 55 |
| Pharmaceutical costs | 3689 | 5657 | 2358 | 459 | 744 | 293 | 3391 | 5326 | 2135 | 3619 | 5962 | 2122 | 3645 | 5967 | 2083 |
SD standard deviation