Table 2.
Healthcare resource utilization and cost by category
| Age group (years) | 60–64 N = 92 |
65–69 N = 85 |
70–79 N = 163 |
≥80 N = 72 |
Total N = 412 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outpatient visit | |||||
| n | 92 | 85 | 163 | 72 | 412 |
| Frequency (days) | 4.8 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 5.7 |
| Mean cost [¥] | 5562 | 5507 | 6408 | 7293 | 6188 |
| Hospitalization | |||||
| n a | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Days/event | – | 8.5 | 9.7 | – | 9.4 |
| Mean cost [¥] | 215,980 | 238,869 | 233,146 | ||
| Medications/Prescriptions | |||||
| n | 92 | 85 | 163 | 72 | 412 |
| Mean cost [¥] | 24,252 | 27,257 | 27,690 | 25,307 | 26,416 |
| Injections | |||||
| n | 45 | 34 | 86 | 41 | 206 |
| Frequency (times) | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
| Mean cost [¥] | 2637 | 2638 | 3462 | 3499 | 3153 |
| Ointment treatment | |||||
| n | 46 | 39 | 76 | 40 | 201 |
| Frequency (times) | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Mean cost [¥] | 1679 | 1659 | 2043 | 2937 | 2063 |
| Other procedures | |||||
| n | 65 | 61 | 134 | 60 | 320 |
| Mean cost [¥] | 5156 | 4927 | 5493 | 6048 | 5421 |
a The number of events was the same as the number of patients