TABLE 2.
Total Medicare Part A Costs in 2014 Dollars
| Overall (N = 53,065) |
White (n = 44,871) |
Black (n = 4,767) |
Hispanic (n = 2,260) |
Asian (n = 842) |
Other (n = 325) |
% Std. Diff. vs White |
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| Costs | p Value | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Other | ||||||
| ALL patients | |||||||||||
| Index admission | <0.0001 | 14.9 | 21.2 | 12.3 | 15.7 | ||||||
| Median | $7,241 | $7,049 | $8,269 | $8,808 | $8,477 | $8,963 | |||||
| Mean | $9,279 | $9,008 | $10,650 | $11,259 | $10,181 | $10,476 | |||||
| ±SD | $10,050 | $9,722 | $12,157 | $11,400 | $9,286 | $8,898 | |||||
| 90th percentile | $14,259 | $13,654 | $17,236 | $17,542 | $14,719 | $15,331 | |||||
| 99th percentile | $47,143 | $45,788 | $52,390 | $56,791 | $47,982 | $51,115 | |||||
| Patients discharged alive and with follow-up data | |||||||||||
| At 30 days | (N = 51,543) | (n = 43,521) | (n = 4,686) | (n = 2,208) | (n = 813) | (n = 315) | <0.0001 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Median | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||
| Mean | $3,368 | $3,214 | $4,395 | $4,224 | $3,375 | $3,426 | |||||
| ±SD | $10,865 | $10,210 | $14,754 | $13,102 | $12,002 | $8,795 | |||||
| 90th percentile | $10,671 | $10,265 | $13,423 | $13,007 | $10,789 | $12,325 | |||||
| 99th percentile | $45,526 | $43,563 | $53,418 | $54,126 | $48,845 | $44,896 | |||||
| At 1 yr | (N = 43,212) | (n = 36,380) | (n = 4,003) | (n = 1,832) | (n = 715) | (n = 282) | <0.0001 | 27.3 | 25.1 | 9.2 | 23.2 |
| Median | $9,065 | $8,544 | $13,105 | $12,250 | $9,055 | $13,418 | |||||
| Mean | $19,048 | $17,683 | $27,529 | $25,948 | $20,635 | $26,030 | |||||
| ±SD | $30,895 | $28,632 | $42,118 | $36,778 | $35,309 | $42,044 | |||||
| 90th percentile | $50,120 | $46,435 | $70,563 | $71,026 | $52,799 | $66,771 | |||||
| 99th percentile | $144,885 | $131,656 | $201,000 | $167,371 | $177,330 | $198,913 | |||||
| Cumulative 1 yr | (N = 43,212) | (n = 36,380) | (n = 4,003) | (n = 1,832) | (n = 715) | (n = 282) | <0.0001 | 29.9 | 29.1 | 11.4 | 26.9 |
| Median | $17,663 | $16,898 | $23,266 | $23,292 | $18,168 | $23,497 | |||||
| Mean | $28,180 | $26,551 | $37,995 | $36,917 | $30,430 | $36,611 | |||||
| ±SD | $33,137 | $30,772 | $44,596 | $39,804 | $36,914 | $43,136 | |||||
| 90th percentile | $62,335 | $57,988 | $84,220 | $85,392 | $66,235 | $77,571 | |||||
| 99th percentile | $163,171 | $150,311 | $226,525 | $182,913 | $193,769 | $209,350 | |||||
| Readmitted patients only | |||||||||||
| At 30 days | (N = 11,401) | (n = 9,500) | (n = 1,140) | (n = 536) | (n = 160) | (n = 65) | <0.0001 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 10.5 |
| Median | $9,803 | $9,545 | $11,333 | $11,485 | $10,876 | $11,619 | |||||
| Mean | $14,936 | $14,443 | $17,603 | $17,246 | $16,994 | $16,035 | |||||
| ±SD | $18,672 | $17,418 | $25,368 | $21,903 | $22,345 | $12,449 | |||||
| 90th percentile | $29,055 | $27,887 | $33,503 | $33,771 | $37,203 | $33,386 | |||||
| 99th percentile | $84,955 | $82,081 | $107,372 | $83,174 | $105,841 | $58,524 | |||||
| At 1 yr | (N = 28,593) | (n = 23,830) | (n = 2,871) | (n = 1,254) | (n = 449) | (n = 189) | <0.0001 | 28.7 | 30.8 | 16.0 | 29.5 |
| Median | $17,456 | $16,589 | $23,179 | $24,890 | $19,659 | $23,865 | |||||
| Mean | $28,636 | $26,859 | $38,114 | $37,801 | $32,607 | $38,578 | |||||
| ±SD | $34,130 | $31,653 | $45,477 | $39,079 | $39,879 | $46,362 | |||||
| 90th percentile | $62,598 | $58,587 | $85,126 | $85,530 | $72,867 | $74,307 | |||||
| 99th percentile | $168,916 | $155,460 | $233,052 | $182,865 | $198,151 | $265,895 | |||||
Standardized differences are referenced to those in whites. Standardized differences of ≥10 are clinically meaningful. Costs at 30 days and 1 yr do not include index admission costs.