TABLE 2.
Mean healthcare resource utilization and work loss 12 months before index | Mean healthcare resource utilization and work loss 12 months after index (incl. index date) | |||
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Incident MDD episodes | Matched study population controls | Incident MDD episodes | Matched study population controls | |
Outpatient physician visits (Mean, 95% CI) | ||||
Total | 5.68 (5.65–5.71) | 2.58 (2.55–2.62) | 7.90 (7.86–7.93) | 2.48 (2.45–2.51) |
Primary care | 3.21 (3.19–3.24) | 1.41 (1.39–1.43) | 4.40 (4.37–4.42) | 1.33 (1.31–1.35) |
Psychiatric care | 0.46 (0.45–0.47) | 0.021 (0.019–0.023) | 1.57 (1.55–1.58) | 0.020 (0.018–0.022) |
Inpatient bed days (Mean, 95% CI) | ||||
Total | 1.68 (1.64–1.72) | 0.45 (0.42–0.48) | 2.60 (2.53–2.66) | 0.48 (0.45–0.50) |
Psychiatric care | 0.26 (0.24–0.28) | 0.004 (0.002–0.007) | 1.07 (1.03–1.12) | 0.007 (0.003–0.012) |
Non‐psychiatric care | 1.43 (1.39–1.47) | 0.45 (0.42–0.48) | 1.53 (1.49–1.58) | 0.47 (0.44–0.49) |
Work loss days (Mean) (Mean, 95% CI) | ||||
Total days of work loss | 32.88 (32.37–33.38) | 7.65 (7.26–8.05) | 64.80 (64.10–65.50) | 7.47 (7.07–7.88) |
Sick‐leave days | 21.81 (21.43–22.18) | 2.83 (2.66–3.00) | 52.67 (52.05–53.29) | 2.80 (2.63–2.98) |
Days with disability pension | 11.07 (10.71–11.43) | 4.82 (4.46–5.18) | 12.12 (11.73–12.51) | 4.67 (4.31–5.04) |
Table 2 presents healthcare resource utilization and work loss 12 months before and 12 months after index. Patients with incident MDD are compared with matched controls and given the same index date as the case.