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Table 4 Average monthly costs of long-term HBPC participants and matched controls prior to end of life

From: 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

 

N

Months 1–12

Months 13–24

Months 1–24

HBPC

58

$2278

$2428

$2367

Control

58

$1671

$2543

$2106

Difference,

p-value

 

($607)

p = 0.107

$115

p = 0.881

($261)

p = 0.574

  1. Table 4 examines the monthly medical costs of uncensored (at 24 months), surviving HBPC participants relative to controls. Consistent with Table 3, the medical costs of HBPC participants are initially greater and long term equivalent to controls
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