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Table 3 Health and Social Service Cost Comparison of Intervention and Control Groups (n = 121 complete case analysis)

From: Effectiveness of a community program for older adults with type 2 diabetes and multimorbidity: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Service

Intervention

Usual Care

Group Differencea

Baseline Median (Q1 to Q3)

6 Month Median (Q1 to Q3)

Baseline Median (Q1 to Q3)

6 Month Median (Q1 to Q3)

z stat

pvalue

Family Physician Visits

$370.00 ($0.00 to $740.00)

$555.00 ($0.00 to $925.00)

$370.00 ($0.00 to $761.74)

555.00 ($185.00 to $740.00)

0.39

0.70

Physician Specialist

$66.34 ($0.00 to $132.68)

$74.09 ($0.00 to $181.85)

$62.78 ($0.00 to $137.94)

$47.68 ($0.00 to 149.52)

−0.85

0.40

Acute Careb

$0.00 ($0.00 to $510.30)

$0.00 ($0.00 to $0.00)

$0.00 ($0.00 to $0.00)

$0.00 ($0.00 to $510.30)

0.84

0.40

Home Care

$0.00 ($0.00 to $0.00)

$0.00 ($0.00 to $0.00)

$0.00 ($0.00 to $0.00)

$0.00 ($0.00 to $0.00)

1.97

0.05

Diabetes Carec

$0.00 ($0.00 to $57.43)

$362.20 ($0.00 to $495.74)

$0.00 ($0.00 to $60.00)

$0.00 ($0.00 to $88.48)

−5.57

< 0.001

Diagnostic Tests

$176.19 ($0.00 to $311.07)

$165.88 ($0.00 to 293.46)

$125.05 ($0.00 to $306.92)

$138.77 ($0.00 to $288.19)

−0.22

0.82

Other Health Professionalsd

$149.94 ($0.00 to $378.52)

$29.30 ($0.00 to $161.25)

$106.71 ($0.00 to $414.43)

$0.00 ($0.00 to $83.60)

−0.26

0.80

Prescription Medications

$870.19 ($65.71 to $1570.69)

$882.54 ($41.56 to $1446.05)

$984.92 ($0.00 to 1594.31)

$857.93 ($58.88 to $1362.68)

−0.68

0.50

Total Costs (including Acute Care)

$2419.49 ($220.35 to $4480.67)

$2528.01 ($678.25 to $3769.45)

$2283.63 ($103.93 to $4002.23)

$2084.60 ($465.32 to $3865.82)

−0.44

0.66

Total Costs (excluding Acute Care)

$2168.27 ($220.35 to $3345.99)

$2442.51 ($678.25 to $3360.00)

$2100.65 ($103.93 to $3006.94)

$1787.83 ($465.32 to $3246.22)

−1.24

0.22

  1. aWilcoxon Rank Sum test used to determine significance of group differences. P values are 2-sided
  2. bIncludes 911 calls, ambulance, emergency department, hospitalization
  3. cIncludes program costs for the intervention group (training, in-home visits, group sessions, case conferences). Difference between intervention and control group favors control group
  4. dIncludes provider of private services (e.g., pharmacist, dietitian, social worker, chiropodist, health care aide, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, homemaking service) and alternative therapies (e.g., naturopath, chiropractor, reflexologist)
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