The effects of home-based primary care on Medicare costs at Spectrum Health/Priority Health (Grand Rapids, MI, USA) from 2012-present: a matched cohort study

Table 1 Treatment and matched control characteristics

Characteristic	Treats. (n = 210)	Controls (n = 210)
% Female	61	54
Median age	79	77
Mean 4 month pre-enrollment total medical cost	$13,075	$13,001
Mean 4 month pre-enrollment RX cost	$1452	$1484
Mean 4 month pre-enrollment IP cost	$6200	$6955
Mean 4 month pre-enrollment OP cost	$2701	$1895
% with 4 month pre-enrollment IP stays	40.0	40.0
% with 4 month pre-enrollment SNF stays	14.8	14.8
% with Alzheimer’s disease or chronic mental illness	36.2	36.2
% with coronary heart disease	68.6	68.6
% with cerebrovascular disease	33.3	33.3
% with congestive heart failure	31.4	31.4
% with diabetes	45.2	45.2
% with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	33.8	33.8
% with arthritis	28.1	27.6

Table 1 provides demographic, medical cost and utilization, and morbidity patterns of the matched HBPC participant and control samples. The samples demonstrate balance for covariates explicitly matched upon (age; total medical cost; Alzheimer’s disease or CMI; CHD; CVD; CHF; diabetes; COPD) as well as those not (sex; RX, IP and OP costs; arthritis)

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