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Table 2 Health care utilization of all patients

From: The influence of integrated geriatric outpatient clinics on the health care utilization of older people

 

First year

Second year

Geri-OPD

(N = 1291)

Non-Geri-OPD

(N = 5432)

P

Geri-OPD

(N = 1264)

Non-Geri-OPD

(N = 5315)

P

Annual outpatient department visits (mean ± SD)

48.22 ± 54.95

38.36 ± 49.43

< 0.01

35.17 ± 50.02

32.05 ± 44.80

0.04

Annual emergency room visits (mean ± SD)

2.56 ± 6.29

1.09 ± 3.84

< 0.01

1.31 ± 3.76

0.91 ± 3.82

0.01

Number of drugs (mean ± SD)

17.59 ± 10.96

16.63 ± 12.37

0.01

15.23 ± 12.43

16.14 ± 12.54

0.02

Annual hospitalizations (mean ± SD)

0.68 ± 1.01

0.23 ± 0.68

< 0.01

0.24 ± 0.60

0.21 ± 0.63

0.10

Length of hospital stay (days/year)

8.54 ± 16.46

2.63 ± 10.27

< 0.01

2.45 ± 8.30

2.16 ± 8.67

0.25

Cost of each clinic visit (log NTD, mean ± SD)

6.10 ± 2.88

5.13 ± 3.39

< 0.01

4.80 ± .351

4.91 ± 3.47

0.32

Cost of each hospitalization (log NTD, mean ± SD)

4.72 ± 5.36

1.63 ± 3.87

< 0.01

1.86 ± 4.06

1.48 ± 3.70

0.01

Cost of annual outpatient care (log NTD, mean ± SD)

360.9 ± 435.6

286.8 ± 402.4

< 0.01

262.8 ± 401.2

239.0 ± 361.1

0.05

Cost of annual hospitalizations (log NTD, mean ± SD)

7.31 ± 10.85

2.52 ± 7.43

< 0.01

2.55 ± 6.46

2.22 ± 6.80

0.10

  1. Abbreviation: NTD New Taiwan dollars