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Table 3 Acute-care costs in the last year of life by high user groups

From: Describing the characteristics and healthcare use of high-cost acute care users at the end of life: a pan-Canadian population-based study

 

Persistent high user (N = 11,375)

Non-persistent high user (N = 78,989)

Non-high user (N = 88,141)

% of Population

6

41

46

Mean

$47,384

$42,654

$8134

Median

$28,239

$29,010

$6163

Minimum

$1002

$699

$516

Maximum

$838,166

$12,162,018

$72,783

10th percentile

$4057

$4809

$1541

25th percentile

$11,536

$13,266

$2956

75th percentile

$55,177

$50,064

$11,457

90th percentile

$106,904

$86,703

$17,723

95th percentile

$158,472

$125,558

$21,576

99th percentile

$330,339

$271,798

$29,128

Total Cost

$538,990,725

$3,369,173,109

$716,930,080

% of Total Cost

11.4

71.2

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