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Table 4 Healthcare resource utilization and Medicare costs in 2018 Medicare beneficiaries aged 66–75 years

From: Incident colorectal cancer screening and associated healthcare resource utilization and Medicare cost among Medicare beneficiaries aged 66–75 years in 2016–2018

 

Colonoscopy

FIT/gFOBT

mt-sDNA

Statistic

Variance

Statistic

Variance

Statistic

Variance

Medicare Parts A and B costs $PPPY

 Total Mean, SD

9140.1

68,765.6

6630.8

18,864.2

6014.8

13,648.1

 Total Median, IQR

3261.2

(1831.0, 6904.2)

1831.0

(800.5, 4742.3)

2221.4

(1236.6, 4854.9)

Inpatient

 Mean, SD

2982.1

64,987.7

2026.3

12,533.5

1481.7

7904.1

 Median, IQR

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

Skilled nursing facility

 Mean, SD

247.5

2833.7

221.1

2608.6

140.0

2117.7

 Median, IQR

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

Home health

 Mean, SD

174.3

1145.7

202.6

1258.7

149.3

1055.7

 Median, IQR

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

Outpatient

 Mean, SD

2193.8

5515.0

1515.1

5428.3

1331.1

4279.6

 Median, IQR

885.5

(189.6,2086.4)

257.7

(0.0,1029.0)

233.5

(0.0,952.8)

Any physician visit

 Mean, SD

3383.2

6402.9

2497.6

5242.3

2763.3

5623.7

 Median, IQR

1996.9

(1103.0,3719.6)

1225.4

(529.9,2786.8)

1655.3

(1015.5,3094.2)

Durable medical equipment

 Mean, SD

159.3

1194.0

168.3

1836.5

149.4

1067.8

 Median, IQR

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

All-cause HCRU, count PPPY

Hospitalization

 Mean, SD

0.17

0.56

0.13

0.48

0.11

0.41

 Median, IQR

0.00

(0.00,0.00)

0.00

(0.00,0.00)

0.00

(0.00,0.00)

Total hospital days, all patients

 Mean, SD

0.86

4.73

0.62

3.82

0.46

2.62

 Median, IQR

0.00

(0.00,0.00)

0.00

(0.00,0.00)

0.00

(0.00,0.00)

Total hospital days, hospitalized patients

 Mean, SD

7.28

11.20

6.68

10.79

5.51

7.35

 Median, IQR

4.00

(2.00,8.00)

3.00

(2.00,7.00)

3.00

(2.00,6.00)

OP, ED/Observational stay

 Mean, SD

0.30

0.79

0.26

0.74

0.22

0.60

 Median, IQR

0.00

(0.00,0.00)

0.00

(0.00,0.00)

0.00

(0.00,0.00)

OP, non-ED/Observational stay

 Mean, SD

4.86

5.94

3.80

5.58

3.43

4.93

 Median, IQR

3.00

(1.00,6.00)

2.00

(0.00,5.00)

2.00

(0.00,4.00)

Any physician visit

 Mean, SD

25.83

24.46

20.72

22.47

20.05

19.43

 Median, IQR

19.00

(11.00,32.00)

14.00

(8.00,26.00)

14.00

(8.00,25.00)

  1. ED Emergency department, FIT/gFOBT Fecal immunochemical test or guaiac-based fecal occult blood test, HCRU Healthcare resource utilization, IQR Interquartile range, mt-sDNA Multitarget stool DNA test, OP Outpatient, PPPY Per person per year, SD Standard deviation
  2. Except for mean Medicare cost in durable medical equipment, other cost categories and utilizations were significantly different with all P values < .01