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Table 8 Mean annual costs for Aboriginal dialysis patients by included variables $AUS2017

From: Do remote dialysis services really cost more? An economic analysis of hospital and dialysis modality costs associated with dialysis services in urban, rural and remote settings

Multivariate GLM regression for Aboriginal people with included variables

Marginal differences (95% CI)

P value

Constant

$25 797 ($24 793 to $26 801)

<0.001

Annual time in model

$39 189 ($34 558 to $43 819)

<0.001

Gender

 Male

$2 594 ($477 to $4 712)

0.016

Region

 Top End (vs Central Australia)

-$5 578 (-$7 943 to -$3 214)

<0.001

Residence Pre RRT

 Urban

Reference

 

 Remote

$5 451 ($754 to $10 076)

0.023

 Very remote

$4 777 ($1 312 to $8 243)

0.007

 Remote border communities

$16 594 ($2 605 to $30 584)

0.020

Admission age

 <30yrs

$9 405 ($2 950 to $15 860)

0.004

 30-39yrs

$13 381 ($8 773 to $17 989)

<0.001

 40-49yrs

$3 977 ($1 506 to $6 844)

0.002

 50-59yrs

Reference

 

 60-69yrs

$1 442 (-$1 204 to $4 090)

0.285

 >70yrs

$1 213 (-$4 129 to $6 556)

0.656

Time on dialysis

 <12mths

Reference

 

 1-2 yrs

-$9 707 (-$14 288 to -$5 127)

<0.001

 2-3yrs

-$11 548 (-$16 750 to -$6 345)

<0.001

 3-4yrs

-$10 524 (-$16 291 to -$4 757)

<0.001

 4-5yrs

-$14 628 (-$20 021 to -$9 234)

<0.001

 >5yrs

-$13 951 (-$18 819 to -$9 083)

<0.001

Comorbid conditions

 Diabetes (vs no diabetes)

$4 614 ($1 380 to $7 847)

0.005

 Cardiac (vs no cardiac)

$8 632 ($6 371 to $10 892)

<0.001

 Vascular (vs no vascular)

$11 930 ($9 524 to $14 336)

<0.001

DxMoC

 Incentre DxMoC0

$4 702 ($742 to $8 662)

0.020

 Urban DxMoC1

Reference

 

 Rural DxMoC2

-$5 694 (-$8 493 to -$2 894)

<0.001

 Remote DxMoC3

-$10 818 (-$15 468 to -$6 167)

<0.001

 Remote CC DxMoC4

-$15 125 (-$18 561 to -$11 689)

<0.001

 SC HD DxMoC5

-$8 854 (-$13 412 to -$4 296)

<0.001

 SC PD DxMoC6

-$2 093 (-$6 468 to $2 280)

0.348