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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2018 Jan 8;48(2):205–213. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.01.002

Table 5.

Healthcare utilization for Group 2 (N=2431, declining adherence) and Group 3 (N= 2481, plateaued adherence) in months 4–7

Healthcare utilization Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Month 7
Group
2		 Group
3		 Group
2		 Group
3		 Group
2		 Group
3		 Group
2		 Group
3
Outpatient visits- mean ± SD 8.4 ± 7.0 8.4 ± 6.8 9.3 ± 7.7 9.3 ± 7.5 10.1 ±8.2 10.2 ± 8.1 10.9 ± 8.7 11.1 ± 8.7
ED visits- mean ± SD 1.9 ± 3.5 1.8 ± 3.5 2.1 ± 3.7 2.0 ± 3.8 2.3 ± 4.0 2.2 ± 4.0 2.4 ± 4.3 2.4 ± 4.4
Inpatient visits- mean ± SD 0.25 ±1.0 0.29 ± 1.0 0.26 ± 1.0 0.32 ± 1.1 0.28 ± 1.1 0.34 ± 1.2 0.31 ± 1.1 0.37 ± 1.3
Hospitalized days- mean ± SD 1.6 ± 8.0 1.9 ± 7.8 1.7 ± 8.3 2.1 ± 8.7 1.9 ± 8.6 2.3 ± 9.9 2.1 ± 9.5 2.4 ±10.5

Bolded values indicate statistically significant difference (p<0.05) comparing groups 2 and 3 within the month