Intervention | Control | p-values for mean difference test | |||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Physician services | |||||
Cost (average cost in dollars/year) | 559 | 550 | 549 | 670 | 0.83 |
Prescription drug cost (average cost in dollars/year) | |||||
Asthma/COPD drugs | 228 | 436 | 170 | 416 | 0.08 |
Asthma/COPD chronic management | 149 | 354 | 110 | 335 | 0.13 |
Asthma/COPD acute drugs | 62 | 104 | 50 | 115 | 0.18 |
Asthma drugs (unclassified) | 17 | 123 | 10 | 65 | 0.23 |
Other drugs | 841 | 1331 | 877 | 2789 | 0.86 |
Total drugs | 1069 | 1490 | 1047 | 2840 | 0.92 |
Prescription drug dispensations (average count/year) | |||||
Asthma/COPD drugs | 5.2 | 7.44 | 4.1 | 7.09 | 0.06 |
Asthma/COPD chronic management | 2.0 | 4.59 | 1.4 | 3.84 | 0.06 |
Asthma/COPD acute drugs | 2.9 | 3.82 | 2.5 | 4.24 | 0.18 |
Asthma drugs (unclassified) | 0.27 | 1.38 | 0.20 | 1.07 | 0.41 |
Other drugs | 19.6 | 24.67 | 17.8 | 25.81 | 0.36 |
Total drugs | 24.8 | 27.23 | 21.9 | 27.84 | 0.18 |
Hospital services (average count/year) | |||||
Inpatient admission | 0.10 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.35 | 0.63 |
Length of stay | 0.59 | 2.44 | 0.39 | 2.46 | 0.29 |