Mean total health care costs per 30 days for case and control participants, by cost category and phase of care
| Resource category | Cohort; mean cost per 30 d, $* (% of total) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prediagnosis phase | Initial phase | Late phase | Terminal phase | |||||
| Case | Control | Case | Control | Case | Control | Case | Control | |
| Outpatient visits | 62 (9.7) | 31 (10.8) | 89 (10.2) | 70 (14.1) | 227 (8.1) | 240 (23.7) | 667 (7.5) | 738 (9.2) |
| Physician services | 130 (20.3) | 76 (26.5) | 168 (19.2) | 110 (22.1) | 405 (14.5) | 151 (14.8) | 1056 (11.9) | 875 (10.9) |
| Emergency department visits | 77 (12.0) | 27 (9.3) | 55 (6.3) | 40 (8.0) | 173 (6.2) | 57 (5.6) | 249 (2.8) | 271 (3.4) |
| Same-day surgery | 8 (1.3) | 9 (3.1) | 9 (1.0) | 10 (2.0) | 33 (1.2) | 16 (1.6) | 17 (0.2) | 31 (0.4) |
| Inpatient care | 252 (39.6) | 103 (35.5) | 325 (37.2) | 172 (34.7) | 1307 (46.9) | 332 (32.7) | 5929 (66.6) | 5261 (65.3) |
| Outpatient prescription | 33 (5.2) | 18 (6.3) | 150 (17.1) | 47 (9.5) | 405 (14.5) | 105 (10.4) | 215 (2.4) | 201 (2.5) |
| Laboratory tests/services | 28 (4.4) | 11 (3.7) | 17 (1.9) | 9 (1.9) | 21 (0.8) | 10 (1.0) | 17 (0.2) | 12 (0.1) |
| Other services† | 48 (7.5) | 14 (4.9) | 62 (7.1) | 39 (7.8) | 214 (7.7) | 104 (10.3) | 747 (8.4) | 662 (8.2) |
| Total | 637 (100.0) | 289 (100.0) | 875 (100.0) | 497 (100.0) | 2786 (100.0) | 1016 (100.0) | 8896 (100.0) | 8050 (100.0) |