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. 2018 Mar 7;18:161. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-2965-5

Table 2.

Medicare allowed costs during follow-up – overall HBPC participants/matched controls

N Total cost RX cost (% total) IP cost (% total) OP cost (% total) Savings, 95% CI, p-value
12 months HBPC 210 $28,621 $4937 (17.24%) $9783 (34.18%) $7462 (26.07%) ($2933)
($7672), $1806
p = 0.225
Ctrl 210 $25,688 $4677 (18.21%) $10,573 (41.15%) $4576 (17.81%)
24 months HBPC 210 $39,738 $6798 (17.11%) $12,558 (31.60%) $11,003 (27.69%) $8620
$1959, $15,281
p = 0.011
Ctrl 210 $48,358 $8600 (17.78%) $19,859 (41.06%) $8422 (17.41%)

Table 2 provides patterns of medical costs and savings for the matched HBPC participant and control samples at 12 and 24 months. HBPC participants show greater expenditure than matched controls at 12 months. At 24 months, this has reversed, and HBPC participants show medical cost savings driven primarily by reductions in in-patient costs