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Table 4 Three year (2007–2009) predicted costs by risk scenarios

From: Association between health literacy and medical care costs in an integrated healthcare system: a regional population based study

 

Health literacy

 

Adequate

Marginal

Inadequate

 

Base Model

Interaction Model

Base Model

Interaction Model

Base Model

Interaction Model

Male aged 55–64 years old, married, not disabled or service connected, non-minority, not Hispanic, with no chronic conditions and mean comorbidity score

$8,342

$8,413

$9,335

$8,957

$10,854

$12,267

% difference between base and interaction model

<1 %

−4 %

13 %

Male aged 55–64 years old, divorced, not disabled or service connected, non-minority, not Hispanic, with no chronic conditions and mean comorbidity score

$9,610

$9,646

$10,754

$10,881

$12,504

$12,746

% difference between base and interaction model

<1 %

1 %

2 %

Male aged 55–64 years old, divorced, moderately disabled, non-minority, not Hispanic, with no chronic conditions and mean comorbidity score

$12,117

$12,071

$13,560

$14,395

$15,767

$16,926

% difference between base and interaction model

- < 1 %

6 %

7 %

Male aged 55–64 years old, divorced, moderately disabled, minority, not Hispanic, with no chronic conditions and mean comorbidity score

$12,259

$12,113

$13,719

$15,305

$15,952

$17,363

% difference between base and interaction model

- < 1 %

12 %

9 %

Male aged 55–64 years old, divorced, moderately disabled, minority, Hispanic, with no chronic conditions and mean comorbidity score

$12,783

$12,434

$14,306

$17,349

$16,633

$18,747

% difference between base and interaction model

−3 %

21 %

13 %

Male aged 55–64 years old, divorced, moderately disabled, minority, Hispanic, heart and diabetes conditions and mean comorbidity score

$18,019

$17,905

$20,165

$22,800

$23,446

$22,068

% difference between base and interaction model

- < 1 %

13 %

−6 %

Male aged 55–64 years old, divorced, moderately disabled, minority, Hispanic, heart and diabetes conditions and upper quartile comorbidity score

$20,312

$20,326

$22,731

$25,367

$26,429

$24,080

% difference between base and interaction model

<1 %

12 %

−9 %