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Table 2 Total out of pocket costs from Year one to Year three by gender and health conditions

From: How does the onset of physical disability or dementia in older adults affect economic wellbeing and co-payments for health care? the impact of gender

 

Total,

n

Total costs,

mean (SD) ($AUS)

Costs from the MBS,

mean (SD) ($AUS)

Costs from the PBS,

mean (SD) ($AUS)

Proportion of costs from MBS,

(%)

Proportion of costs from PBS,

(%)

Difference of proportion (PBS—MBS),

(%)

No physical disability or dementia

 Male

3,966

867.8

(782.9)

428.6

(522.6)

439.2

(421.3)

49.4

50.6

1.2

    Female

4,496

952.8

(788.8)

442.4

(524.0)

510.4

(432.1)

46.4

53.6

7.1

Physical disability

 Male

30

956.8

(672.2)

426.1

(529.8)

530.7

(367.0)

44.5

55.5

10.9

 Female

44

1,210.4

(1,453.8)

457.6

(790.2)

752.8

(948.7)

37.8

62.2

24.4

Dementia

 Male

17

969.5

(900.4)

396.8

(655.5)

572.7

(417.0)

40.9

59.1

18.1

 Female

15

1,285.1

(1,369.7)

675.4

(957.3)

609.7

(492.6)

52.6

47.4

-5.1

  1. SD Standard deviation