Table 2 Mean (standard deviation) and interquartile range (IQR) of annual direct health care costs for long-term care residents with clinically significant pain (CSP) and no pain or non-daily mild pain (NP/NDMP) (CAD $)
From: Pain-related health care costs for long-term care residents
Cost Component | CSP | NP/NDMP | Difference | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | (n = 5683) | (n = 10,898) |  |  |
Hospital | 3374 (9082) IQR: 1077 | 2645 (9330) IQR: 0a | 729 | <0.0001 |
Specialist Physicians | 394 (1013) IQR: 311 | 319 (825) IQR: 245 | 74 | <0.0001 |
General Practitioner Physicians | 1040 (625) IQR: 920 | 990 (610) IQR: 959 | 49 | <0.0001 |
Prescription Drug | 3255 (2419) IQR: 2535 | 2500 (1891) IQR: 2085 | 755 | <0.0001 |
Total, excluding LTC | 8063 (10,493) IQR: 5632 | 6455 (10,257) IQR: 3943 | 1608 | <0.0001 |
Total, including LTC | 93,282 (11,118) IQR: 9188 | 91,406 (10,996) IQR: 8692 | 1876 | < 0.0001 |