Table 2b.
Cost Characteristics by End-of-Treatment Drinking Status and Period of Costs
| HealthCare Prevalence and Costs Following End of COMBINE Treatment |
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| 1-Year Health Care Costs |
3-Year Health Care Costs |
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| Drinking Category in the Last 30 Days of COMBINE Treatment | N | % with Any Costs | Unconditional |
% with Any Costs | Unconditional |
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| Mean | (Std. Dev.) | Median | Mean | (Std. Dev.) | Median | ||||
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| Main Drinking Indicators | |||||||||
| Abstinent | 294 | 76.2% | $2,147 | ($5,824) | $492 | 91.5% | $5,752 | ($11,934) | $1,988 |
| Any non-Heavy Drinking Days (non-HDDs) | 275 | 81.1% | $1,716 | ($3,038) | $710 | 94.5% | $4,878 | ($7,902) | $2,367 |
| Any Heavy Drinking Days (HDDs) | 351 | 80.3% | $2,444 | ($6,327) | $793 | 93.2% | $6,748 | ($13,368) | $2,482 |
| 1 HDD | 58 | 84.5% | $1,718 | ($2,982) | $769 | 96.6% | $7,690 | ($11,332) | $2,683 |
| 2–30 HDDs | 293 | 79.5% | $2,588 | ($6,792) | $793 | 92.5% | $6,563 | ($13,473) | $2,414 |
| 1–2 HDDs | 93 | 84.9% | $1,650 | ($2,888) | $710 | 94.6% | $6,497 | ($9,901) | $2,556 |
| 3–30 HDDs | 258 | 78.7% | $2,730 | ($7,157) | $793 | 92.7% | $6,838 | ($14,423) | $2,402 |
| Interacted, Mutually Exclusive Categories | |||||||||
| Only non-HDDs | 103 | 78.6% | $1,579 | ($5,824) | $492 | 93.3% | $4,821 | ($8,126) | $2,015 |
| Both non-HDDs and HDDs | 172 | 82.6% | $1,799 | ($3,026) | $749 | 95.3% | $4,913 | ($7,789) | $2,463 |
| Only HDDs | 179 | 78.2% | $3,064 | ($8,315) | $793 | 91.2% | $8,491 | ($16,899) | $2,497 |
| Any non-HDDs & 1 HDD | 29 | 93.1% | $1,977 | ($3,234) | $710 | 100.0% | $6,878 | ($7,886) | $2,815 |
| Any non-HDDs and 2–30 HDDs | 143 | 80.4% | $1,763 | ($2,993) | $754 | 94.4% | $4,515 | ($7,736) | $2,414 |
| Any non-HDDs and 1–2 HDDs | 47 | 89.4% | $1,482 | ($2,643) | $568 | 95.7% | $4,994 | ($6,717) | $2,438 |
| Any non-HDDs and 3–30 HDDs | 125 | 80.0% | $1,918 | ($3,159) | $793 | 95.2% | $4,882 | ($8,181) | $2,565 |
| No non-HDDs and 1 HDD | 29 | 75.9% | $1,459 | ($2,739) | $798 | 93.1% | $4,812 | ($8,126) | $2,015 |
| No non-HDDs and 2–30 HDDs | 150 | 78.7% | $3,374 | ($8,977) | $793 | 90.7% | $8,480 | ($17,428) | $2,438 |
| No non-HDDs and 1–2 HDDs | 46 | 80.4% | $1,822 | ($3,138) | $793 | 93.5% | $8,029 | ($12,229) | $2,857 |
| No non-HDDs and 3–30 HDDs | 133 | 77.4% | $3,493 | ($9,442) | $794 | 90.4% | $8,648 | ($18,256) | $2,232 |
Notes: HDDs are defined as a day in which 5 or more drinks are consumed for men, 4 or more for women. All other drinking days are defined as non-HDDs. N=748.