Catastrophic illness | Non-catastrophic illness | pvalue | |||
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ED-visited subjects | 7,281 | 32,512 | |||
Averaged ED visits per 1,000 persons monthly (95% CI) | 61.62 (59.22 , 64.01) | 33.53 (32.34 , 34.71) | |||
Mean (S.D.) of drug cost per visit ($NT) | 324.6 | (1334.3) | 311.6 | (9417.1) | 0.779 |
Mean (S.D.) of treatment cost per visit ($NT) | 3402.1 | (5279.4) | 2336.3 | (3426.0) | <0.001 |
Mean (S.D.) of total medical cost per visit ($NT) | 4367.2 | (5804.4) | 3260.6 | (10138.4) | <0.001 |