| 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 |