Table 3.
Healthcare costs (ILS).
| Variable | FA/OI (N = 305) |
FA/MUS (N = 264) |
Non-FA (N = 11,361) |
p-Value FA/OI vs. FA/MUS* | p-Value Non-FA vs. FA/MUS* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | |||
| Secondary care costs by type of service | ||||||||
| Specialist consultation | 765.5 (668.5) | 650 (273, 1048) | 606.1 (497.6) | 543 (232, 811.5) | 118.5 (314) | 0 (0, 126) | .005 | <.001 |
| Hospital care | 6997.8 (15212.5) | 0 (0, 6853) | 2033.1 (7178.1) | 0 (0, 0) | 500 (6446.2) | 0 (0, 0) | <.001 | <.001 |
| Diagnostic tests | 1425.4 (2205.9) | 685 (234, 1617) | 1162.6 (1353.9) | 719 (256, 1655) | 180.8 (538.9) | 0 (0, 86) | .70 | <.001 |
| Emergency care | 458.3 (644.5) | 0 (0, 619) | 447.7 (791.8) | 0 (0, 619) | 78.3 (282.8) | 0 (0, 0) | .33 | <.001 |
| Laboratory tests | 3.8 (24) | 0 (0, 0) | 5.5 (17.2) | 0 (0, 0) | 3.2 (114.2) | 0 (0, 0) | .02 | <.001 |
| Services provided by health professionals | 174.6 (381.3) | 0 (0, 153) | 177.8 (356.3) | 0 (0, 199.5) | 22.9 (149.2) | 0 (0, 0) | .89 | <.001 |
| Medical equipment | 2.5 (43) | 0 (0, 0) | 3 (46.2) | 0 (0, 0) | 7.2 (743.8) | 0 (0, 0) | .54 | <.001 |
| Surgical procedures (PRG) | 8143.4 (23192.3) | 0 (0, 1906) | 3175.2 (23357.9) | 0 (0, 116) | 412.9 (4091.7) | 0 (0, 0) | <.001 | <.001 |
| Total-cost of services (NIS) | 27692.8 (50046.9) | 8022.8 (3307.5, 27048.4) | 9075.2 (27345.4) | 3126.2 (1252.2, 8077.8) | 2035.3 (11549.9) | 13.0 (0, 667.9) | <.001 | <.001 |
*Due to the abnormal distribution of these variables, P-values were calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis test.