Table 2.

Average total and type of expenditures and standard errors. Elderly individuals with and without PD. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2000–2009).

	Parkinson’s disease (N = 350)		No Parkinson’s disease (N = 1050)
	Average	S.E.	Average	S.E.
Among all users
Total*	15,404	999	13,333	631
Inpatient	5354	731	5528	441
Emergency room	303	34	275	44
Outpatient	2748	198	3412	416
Prescription***	3787	197	2515	78
Home healthcare***	2559	385	1017	104
Other	654	66	586	34

	Parkinson’s disease			No Parkinson’s disease
	N	Average	S.E.	N	Average	S.E.
Among users of specific servicesa
Inpatient	90	21,438	2449	271	21,312	1200
Emergency room	106	1030	89	262	1069	150
Outpatient	339	2871	193	992	3582	437
Prescription***	345	3843	200	1002	2628	78
Home healthcare***	92	9229	927	172	6254	352
Other	206	1035	90	565	1018	57

Note: Based on 350 individuals with PD and 1050 matched controls without PD, aged 65 years or older and were alive during particular calendar year. Asterisks represent significant group differences by the presence of PD using t-tests.

SE: Standard Error.

^***p < 0.001;

^**0.001 ≤ p < 0.01;

^*0.01 ≤ p < 0.05.

^aType of expenditures among users will not add to average total expenditure because of the denominators.