Table 2.
Description of Participant Health Resource Utilization by Cognitive Status
| Cost Variables | No MCI (n =64) | MCI (n =255) | Total (n=319) | Group comparison p value1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costs reported between baseline and 6 months | Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
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| Health care professionals | 690 (676) 510 (528) |
856 (960) 672 (747) |
819 (906) 641 (714) |
0.2790 |
| Admissions to hospital | 877 (2604) 89 (283) |
1932 (6218) 100 (585) |
1698 (5632) 96 (449) |
0.2687 |
| Laboratory tests/investigations | 130 (146) 76 (138) |
117 (267) 69 (131) |
120 (244) 71 (132) |
0.7518 |
| Total health resource utilization | 1697 (2833) 881 (1024) |
2905 (6322) 965 (1791) |
2637 (5750) 960 (1456) |
0.2408 |
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| Costs reported between 6 and 12 months | Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
|
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| Health care professionals | 761 (903) 487 (840) |
859 (832) 661 (765) |
836 (848) 644 (765) |
0.5295 |
| Admissions to hospital | 1239 (2704) 96 (425) |
1813 (7508) 97 (516) |
1677 (6687) 97 (493) |
0.6408 |
| Laboratory tests/investigations | 93 (108) 51 (158) |
72 (96) 40 (98) |
77 (99) 41 (109) |
0.2481 |
| Total health resource utilization | 2093 (2815) 1014 (1491) |
2744 (7624) 926 (1437) |
2590 (6798) 930 (1422) |
0.4078 |
1
For all variables except sex, this value represents the p value for the one-way ANOVA omnibus F statistic. For variables in which the omnibus test was significant, groups with shared subscripts are not significantly different (p>.05).