Table 3. Insurance Claims for Participants (N = 70) Covered by MassHealth (Medicaid) Related to Asthma, Reducing Racial/Ethnic Asthma Disparities in Youth (READY) Study, Massachusetts, 2009–2014.
| Variable | Control Perioda
|
Post Periodb
|
P Valuec |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (Standard Deviation) | Mean (Standard Deviation) | ||
| Participants who completed all 5 visits (n = 70) | |||
| Average cost per person, $ | |||
| Hospitalization | 1,059.22 (3,199.62) | 506.20 (1,948.86) | .11 |
| Emergency department visits | 534.73 (809.61) | 223.41 (473.77) | .001 |
| Office visits | 473.77 (618.94) | 406.17 (537.90) | .32 |
| Health care events, no. | |||
| Hospitalization | 0.21 (0.66) | 0.10 (0.39) | .11 |
| Emergency department visits | 0.93 (1.15) | 0.50 (0.86) | .004 |
| Office visits | 3.19 (3.28) | 2.96 (3.09) | .69 |
| Participants who completed all 5 visits and had 2 or more emergency department visits during control period (n = 22) | |||
| Average cost per person, $ | |||
| Hospitalization | 2,543.76 (4,372.83) | 1,243.14 (4,378.39) | .23 |
| Emergency department | 1,512.87 (828.25) | 454.39 (1,206.34) | .009 |
| Office | 730.22 (868.92) | 739.91 (773.25) | .52 |
| Health care events, no. | |||
| Hospitalization | 0.64 (1.09) | 0.32 (0.78) | .13 |
| Emergency department visit | 2.59 (1.01) | 0.95 (2.21) | <.001 |
| Office visit | 4.50 (4.61) | 4.86 (4.14) | .65 |
a
Control period was defined as 1 year prior to visit 1.
b
Post period was defined as 1 year after visit 5.
c
P < .05 indicates significance.