Table 3.
One Year Health Care and Intervention Costs, by Treatmenta
| PAC | Usual Care | Difference | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=199) | (n=199) | (PAC–Usual Care) | ||
| Hospitalization frequencyb | ||||
| 0 | 172 (86.4) | 165 (82.9) | n/a | 0.24 |
| 1 | 21 (10.6) | 22 (11.1) | ||
| 2 | 4 (2.0) | 10 (5.0) | ||
| ≥3 | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.0) | ||
| Number of hospitalizations | 0.20 (0.11 / 0.29) |
0.24 (0.16 / 0.32) |
−0.04 (−0.16 / 0.08) |
0.53 |
| Hospital days | 1.28 (0.50 / 2.06) |
1.18 (0.56 / 1.81) |
0.10 (−0.89 / 1.09) |
0.84 |
| Hospital cost ($) | 2,948 (1,378 / 4,519) |
3,928 (2,331/ 5,526) |
−979 (−3,213 / 1,254) |
0.39 |
| Emergency Room ($)c | 11 (−3 / 25) |
10 (−4 / 24) |
1 (−18 / 21) |
0.89 |
| Outpatient cost ($) | 5,550 (4,766 / 6,334) |
6,383 (5,437 / 7,329) |
−833 (−2,058 / 392) |
0.18 |
| Pharmacy cost ($) | 1,909 (1,476 / 2,341) |
1,731 (1,433 / 2,029) |
177 (−346 / 701) |
0.51 |
| Total health care cost ($) | 10,418 (8,295 / 12,542) |
12,052 (9,851 / 14,253) |
−1,634 (−4,683 / 1,416) |
0.29 |
| Intervention cost ($) | 696 (670 / 721) |
0 | 696 (670 / 721) |
|
| Grand total costd ($) | 11,114 (8,989 / 13,239) |
12,052 (9,851 / 14,253) |
−938 (−3,988 / 2,112) |
0.55 |
a
Mean with 95% confidence interval in parentheses unless otherwise specified.
b
Number of patients with percent in parentheses.
c
Includes emergency room visits that did not result in hospital admission. Costs of emergency room encounters that resulted in hospitalization are subsumed under hospital costs.
d
Health care cost plus intervention cost. PAC=physical activity counseling.