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Table 1 Cost variables, resources used and average cost per patient for the control group and the intervention group for the period between the initial inpatient admission and 12 months following discharge (AUD$2012/13)

From: Is cost effectiveness sustained after weekend inpatient rehabilitation? 12 month follow up from a randomized controlled trial

 

Mean resource utilization per patient for the period between the initial inpatient admission and 12 months following discharge (SD; range)a

Mean cost per patient for the period between the initial inpatient admission and 12 months following discharge (SD; range)a$2012/13

Difference between groups for resource utilization

Difference between groups for costs

 

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention minus control (95% CI)

Intervention minus control (95% CI)

 

(n = 496)

(n = 500)

(n = 496)

(n = 500)

  

Initial inpatient rehabilitation admission (length of stay)

21.2

23.1

13,320

14,302

−1.9

−981

(15.7; 4 to 144)

(20.2; 1 to 236)

(10,041; 2,652 to 93,095)

(12,168; 1,459 to 137,387)

(−4.1 to 0.4)

(−2,408 to 445)

Hospital readmissions in primary health service (length of stay)

10.3

15.2

10,283

13,122

−4.9*

−2,838

(24.5; 0 to 156)

(37.4; 0 to 260)

(24,105; 0 to 195,939)

(30,255; 0 to 212,390)

(−9.0 to −0.9)

(−6,340 to 664)

Hospital readmissions in other health services (length of stay)

2.4

2.9

2364

2829

−0.6

−465

(12.6; 0 to 63)

(7.9; 0 to 175)

(8013; 0 to 67,095)

(12,146; 0 to 169,419)

(−1.9 to 0.8)

(−1,790 to 859)

Total Medicare claims

50.1

52.7

3,029

3,108

−2.6

−79

(45.8; 0 to 282)

(58.4; 0 to 735)

(3,704; 0 to 30,129)

(4,369; 0 to 53,232)

(−9.3 to 4.2)

(−598 to 439)

 Benefit paid

  

2,567

2,684

 

−117

(2,533; 0 to 17,643)

(3,037; 0 to 36,847)

 

(−469 to 235)

 Out-of-pocket

  

462

424

 

38

(1,409; 0 to 12,845)

(1,620; 0 to 18,647)

 

(−157 to 232)

Total non-Medicare health care visits

27.0

29.8

1,479

1,669

−2.7

−190

(49.1; 0 to 375)

(58.8; 0 to 759)

(3,016; 0 to 29,534)

(4,174; 0 to 59,634)

(−9.6 to 4.1)

(−642 to 262)

 Physiotherapists

13.8

14.1

670

685

−0.3

−15

(26.4; 0 to 360)

(21.4; 0 to 224)

(1,281; 0 to 17,460)

(1,037; 0 to 10,864)

(−3.4 to 2.8)

(−164 to 134)

 Occupational therapists

2.5

2.9

105

122

−0.4

−17

(9.9; 0 to 94)

(10.2; 0 to 128)

(417; 0 to 3,975)

(433; 0 to 5,413)

(−1.7 to 0.9)

(−71 to 38)

 Other allied health

4.6

4.7

217

223

−0.1

−6

(15.0; 0 to 156)

(15.2; 0 to 169)

(701; 0 to 7,335)

(712; 0 to 7,946)

(−2.0 to 1.8)

(−96 to 84)

 Community nurse

6.1

8.0

487

639

−1.9

−152

(30.6; 0 to 364)

(48.6; 0 to 732)

(2,439; 0 to 29,007)

(3,869; 0 to 58,333)

(−4.6 to 0.7)

(−363 to 59)

Total pharmaceuticals (PBS) claims

55.9

61.1

2,368

2,558

−5.2

−190

(42.5; 0 to 259)

(46.1; 0 to 279)

(2,749; 0 to 37,430)

(3,453; 0 to 48,717)

(−10.9 to 0.5)

(−568 to 189)

 Benefit paid

  

2,074

2,256

 

−182

(2,678; 0 to 37,183)

(3,388; 0 to 48,093)

 

(−564 to 200)

 Out-of-pocket

  

294

302

 

−8

(212; 0 to 1,411)

(196; 0 to 1,314)

 

(−34 to 18)

Over-the-counter medications

3.0

3.0

81

72

0.04

9

(2.8; 0 to 16)

(2.9; 0 to 15)

(152; 0 to 2,084)

(105; 0 to 999)

(−0.3 to 0.4)

(−8 to 26)

Formal (paid) carers (hours)

22.3

21.6

764

740

0.7

24

(58.5; 0 to 494)

(52.0; 0 to 408)

(2,002; 0 to 16,915)

(1,781; 0 to 13,970)

(−6.3 to 7.7)

(−217 to 265)

Informal (unpaid) carers (hours)

822.7

869.8

28,170

29,784

−47.1

−1,614

(2,025; 0 to 9,906)

(52.0; 0 to 11,232)

(69,351; 0 to 339,181)

(69,902; 0 to 384,584)

(−180 to 86)

(−6,160 to 2,933)

Total

  

61,859

68,184

 

−6,325

(79,798; 4,845 to 463,656)

(82,922; 4,845 to 463,656)

 

(−16,730 to 4,081)

t-test p = 0.234

MWU p = 0.056

  1. Sources of price information: hospital admissions in primary health service: variable cost; hospital admissions in other health services; acute hospital $1,065/night, rehabilitation hospital $751/night; Medicare claims: variable; physiotherapy: $48.50/visit b; occupational therapy: $42.29/visit bspeech therapy: $46.59/visit bother allied health: $47.02/visit bcommunity nurse: $79.69/visit bPharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) claims: variable; over-the-counter medications: variable; formal and informal carers: $34.24/hourb.
  2. *p ≤ 0.05. adeath weights have been applied to this data set to represent time in the study pertaining to patient death. bTAC [13]. MWU, Mann–Whitney U test.