| Current cost status | Future cost status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 5% (alive) | Top 5% (died) | Top 5%–10% (alive) | Top 5%–10% (died) | Bottom 90% (alive) | Bottom 90% (died) | No cost (alive)† | No cost (died) | |
| Top 5% (alive) | 5.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 15.2 | 2.7 | 70.9 | 0 |
| Top 5% (died) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Top 5%–10% (alive) | 2.6 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 14.5 | 2.1 | 76.5 | 0 |
| Top 5%–10% (died) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Bottom 90% (alive) | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 0.5 | 89.7 | 0 |
| Bottom 90% (died) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| No cost (alive)† | 1.9 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 46.1 | 1.2 | 48.0 | 0 |
| No cost (died) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
*All estimates are reported as percentages. Within the matrix, all rows sum to 100%. Estimates of the probability of changing cost status over longer periods are provided in Appendices 2 and 3 (available at www.cmajopen.ca/content/3/1/E111/suppl/DC1). †Includes patients with no hospital admissions.