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Table 3 Annualized adjusted excess productivity cost of community acquired pneumonia by selected comorbidity group

From: Comorbidities as a driver of the excess costs of community-acquired pneumonia in U.S. commercially-insured working age adults

Cost component

Pneumonia Group

All Patients

No key comorbidity

Comorbid group

       

Asthma

Diabetes

COPD

CHF

Absenteeism

PNA

Sample size

 

4,489

 

3,940

 

248

 

220

 

103

 

34

  

Mean

 

$8,284

 

$8,158

 

$7,601

 

$10,502

 

$13,651

 

$9,043

  

(SD)

 

($2,571)

 

($2,362)

 

($3,464)

 

($4,627)

 

($7,919)

 

($7,962)

 

Controls

Sample size

 

1 3,441

 

11,802

 

739

 

1,006

 

308

 

1 01

  

Mean

 

$7,358

 

$7,233

 

$7,625

 

$8,384

 

$9,348

 

$9,181

  

(SD)

 

($2,284)

 

($2,095)

 

($3,475)

 

($3,694)

 

($5,423)

 

($8,084)

 

Excess cost of PNA

Mean

 

$926

 

$924

 

$(24)

 

$2,118

 

$4,303

 

$(139)

  

(SE)

 

($38)

 

($38)

 

($220)

 

($312)

 

($780)

 

($1,366)

Short-term disability

PNA

Sample size

 

15,468

 

13,170

 

894

 

658

 

545

 

139

  

Mean

 

$3,535

 

$2,997

 

$5,074

 

$5,124

 

$5,241

 

$7,170

  

(SD)

 

($7,258)

 

($5,456)

 

($8,505)

 

($6,287)

 

($2,697)

 

($5,866)

 

Controls

Sample size

 

4 6,325

 

39,470

 

2,664

 

3,004

 

1,626

 

414

  

Mean

 

$1,427

 

$1,187

 

$1,901

 

$2,198

 

$3,089

 

$4,190

  

(SD)

 

($2,929)

 

($2,161)

 

($3,186)

 

($2,696)

 

($1,590)

 

($3,428)

 

Excess cost of PNA

Mean

 

$2,108

 

$1,810

 

$3,173

 

$2,927

 

$2,151

 

$2,981

  

(SE)

 

($58)

 

($48)

 

($284)

 

($245)

 

($116)

 

($498)

Total productivity costs

PNA

Mean

 

$11,819

 

$11,155

 

$12,675

 

$15,626

 

$18,891

 

$16,213

  

(SD)

 

($7,700)

 

($5,945)

 

($9,184)

 

($7,807)

 

($8,366)

 

($9,889)

 

Controls

Mean

 

$8,785

 

$8,420

 

9,526

 

$10,582

 

$12,437

 

$13,371

  

(SD)

 

($3,714)

 

($3,010)

 

($4,715)

 

($4,574)

 

($5,651)

 

($8,780)

 

Excess cost of PNA

Mean

 

$3,034

 

$2,734

 

$3,149

 

$5,044

 

$6,454

 

$2,842

  

(SE)

 

($55)

 

($45)

 

($272)

 

($263)

 

($329)

 

($752)

  1. Abbreviations: PNA, pneumonia; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CHF, congestive heart failure; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error.
  2. Note: comorbid groups are not mutually exclusive. Cost estimates are from generalized linear regressions.
  3. All excess cost estimates are significant at p<0.01 except for absenteeism in the asthma and CHF comorbid groups.