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. 2016 Jun 1;17:61. doi: 10.1186/s12875-016-0464-5

Table 5.

Multivariate Tobit regression models on Direct Costs (Medication, Tests)

Direct costs Medication Tests
No PD PD No PD PD No PD PD
(Intercept) 583.4 (478.0, 692.9) 785.2 (643.2, 949.8) 98.9 (50.3, 186.1) 155.2 (100.7, 241.7) 125.2 (60.6, 204.1) 136.1 (90.1, 179.5)
Age −3.1 (−14.8, 7.2) −25.2 a (−40.9, −12.4) −4.0 (−11.6, 1.5) −5.1 (−12.9, 0.7) 0.6 (−6.2, 6.9) −5.5 (−11.1, −0.8)
Years with diagnosis 2.4 (−6.9, 12.6) 4.1 (−15.5, 21.6) 3.2 (−1.6, 7.6) 4.6 (−3.3, 17.0) −1.3 (−6.9, 4.8) −0.8 (−8.3, 4.2)
FIQ 12.3 a (6.3, 20.2) 20.8 a (7.1, 39.0) 2.7 (−0.8, 9.0) 1.6 (−3.2, 5.6) 3.3 a (0.2, 6.6) 5.2 a (0.9, 12.7)

Note: Transformed Tobit coefficients with bootstrapped 95 % CIs (aindicating statistically significant coefficients –alpha = 0.05-). Explanatory variables centred to the sample mean. Accordingly, Intercept approximates the cost of a “mean individual” (aged 55.22, with 14.2 years with diagnosis, and a FIQ score of 56.36). For clarity, significant results are in bold