Skip to main content

Table 3 Utilizations and costs among resource utilization bands (RUBs) in 2002 and 2003.

From: Quantifying morbidities by Adjusted Clinical Group system for a Taiwan population: A nationwide analysis

RUBs

Population

distribution (%)

Average number

of ADGs

Relative

weights

Average visit

(% of total visits)

Average cost in NTD

(% of total costs)

 

Year 2002

Non-users

8.3

0

0

0

0

Healthy users

10.0

1.4

0.15

4.9 (3.5)

1,806 (1.7)

Low-morbidity

23.8

2.9

0.39

8.8 (14.9)

4,362 (9.9)

Moderate

39.6

5.5

1.00

15.8 (44.4)

11,197 (42.1)

High

14.2

8.9

1.98

25.9 (26.1)

22,134 (29.8)

Very-high

4.1

11.7

3.83

38.6 (11.1)

42,762 (16.5)

 

Year 2003

Non-users

7.9

0

0

0

0

Healthy users

8.0

1.4

0.13

4.0 (2.3)

1,490 (1.1)

Low-morbidity

25.3

2.8

0.35

7.8 (14.5)

4,049 (9.3)

Moderate

40.4

5.5

0.99

14.8 (44.4)

11,252 (41.5)

High

14.3

8.9

2.01

25.6 (27.1)

23,468 (30.7)

Very-high

4.1

11.7

3.99

38.6 (11.1)

46,575 (17.4)