Variable | Health care utilization(events per person-year) | Health care cost ($ per person-year)* | ||||
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1 year before admission | 1 year after discharge | p value | 1 year before admission | 1 year after discharge | p value | |
Inpatient hospitalizations | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.05 | 28 340 | 23 690 | 0.02 |
Emergency department visits | 4.6 | 2.5 | 0.02 | 1690 | 880 | < 0.001 |
Physician visits | ||||||
All physicians | 70.3 | 58.8 | 0.04 | 6090 | 3750 | < 0.001 |
Family physicians | 18.3 | 22.6 | < 0.001 | |||
Specialists | 46.2 | 31.8 | 0.2 | |||
Home care services | 24.3 | 35.6 | 0.01 | 2210 | 2970 | 0.004 |
Publicly funded drugs | 12 750 | 15 180 | 0.002 | |||
Total cost† | 58 610 | 51 720 | 0.2 |
↵* Standardized 2015 Canadian dollars.
↵† Total costs included hospitalizations, outpatient clinic visits, same-day surgery, emergency department visits, dialysis clinic visits, cancer clinic visits, publicly funded drugs, inpatient rehabilitations, complex and continuing care, home care services, physician visits, laboratory claims, nonphysician billings, capitation costs for primary care patient enrolment models, long-term care and inpatient mental health hospitalizations.