Table 2.
Number of PC visits (annual) | Number of patients | VA outpatient cost | VA inpatient cost | Community care cost | Prescription drug cost | Total cost | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowest health risk (1st decile) | 0 | 564 336 | $1052 | $205 | $120 | $112 | $1377 |
1 | 1 271 184 | $886 | $2 | $29 | $95 | $917 | |
2 | 238 206 | $1372 | $0 | $35 | $133 | $1407 | |
3 | 38 712 | $1777 | $0 | $44 | $143 | $1821 | |
4 | 7441 | $2237 | $0 | $59 | $154 | $2296 | |
5 | 1939 | $2589 | $0 | $71 | $159 | $2660 | |
6 | 619 | $3024 | $0 | $81 | $174 | $3105 | |
7 | 227 | $3090 | $0 | $103 | $140 | $3193 | |
8 | 127 | $3746 | $0 | $21 | $170 | $3767 | |
9 | 75 | $3936 | $0 | $35 | $208 | $3971 | |
10 | 67 | $3583 | $0 | $15 | $138 | $3598 | |
11 | 70 | $3768 | $0 | $3 | $189 | $3771 | |
12 | 95 | $3858 | $0 | $12 | $189 | $3870 | |
>12 | 200 | $4637 | $0 | $29 | $214 | $4667 | |
Highest health risk (10th decile) | 0 | 153 207 | $31 576 | $41 220 | $12 898 | $6281 | $85 694 |
1 | 203 374 | $26 594 | $32 946 | $9748 | $5529 | $69 288 | |
2 | 315 723 | $27 253 | $24 156 | $7603 | $5136 | $59 012 | |
3 | 350 971 | $28 136 | $20 582 | $6888 | $4879 | $55 606 | |
4 | 309 975 | $28 938 | $18 994 | $6620 | $4587 | $54 552 | |
5 | 238 998 | $29 970 | $18 341 | $6696 | $4487 | $55 007 | |
6 | 170 330 | $30 996 | $18 148 | $6877 | $4400 | $56 021 | |
7 | 116 035 | $32 129 | $18 254 | $7019 | $4404 | $57 402 | |
8 | 78 356 | $33 278 | $18 404 | $7202 | $4462 | $58 883 | |
9 | 52 399 | $34 300 | $18 239 | $7468 | $4411 | $60 007 | |
10 | 35 646 | $35 356 | $18 447 | $7613 | $4504 | $61 416 | |
11 | 24 297 | $36 524 | $19 096 | $7817 | $4550 | $63 438 | |
12 | 17 467 | $37 383 | $19 385 | $7854 | $4603 | $64 623 | |
>12 | 55 900 | $41 252 | $18 658 | $7619 | $5147 | $67 529 |
Only deciles 1 and 10 are shown here; full Table is reported in Supplemental Table 1.