Table 2.
Mean VA Utilization and Costs per Patient for VA Patients with Heart Failure in FY2010, N=117,870
| Inpatient Health Care by Type | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
| Costs | |
| Total inpatient costs | $16,313 (40,002) |
| Medical/surgical | $13,294 (31,923) |
| Behavioral | $293 (4,803) |
| Long-term care | $2,267 (16,004) |
| Residential/domiciliary | $96 (2,378) |
| Number of stays | |
| Medical/surgical | 0.83 (1.43) |
| Behavioral | 0.02 (0.21) |
| Long-term care | 0.06 (0.28) |
| Residential/domiciliary | 0.01 (0.08) |
| Length of stay | |
| Medical/surgical | 4.62 (10.59) |
| Behavioral | 0.25 (4.00) |
| Long-term care | 4.24 (26.73) |
| Residential/domiciliary | 0.26 (6.46) |
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| Outpatient Health Care by Type | |
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| Costs | |
| Medical/surgical | $6,614 (11,552) |
| Diagnostic | $1,697 (2,140) |
| Behavioral | $429 (3,472) |
| Other | $758 (9,615) |
| Pharmacy | $2,263 (4,690) |
| Number of encounters | |
| Primary care | 6.09 (6.34) |
| Subspecialty | 3.46 (5.21) |
| Procedure-based specialty | 1.32 (8.75) |
| Surgical specialty | 2.00 (3.47) |
| Emergency department | 1.32 (2.31) |
| Urgent care | 0.19 (0.85) |
| Mental health | 1.81 (9.43) |
| Homeless | 0.09 (2.44) |
| Lab | 8.51 (8.18) |