Cost category | Health state; mean cost per 30 d (95% CI), $ | ||||
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No cirrhosis | No cirrhosis (RNA negative) | Compensated cirrhosis | Decompensated cirrhosis | Hepatocellular carcinoma | |
Outpatient visits | 51 (50–52) | 44 (42–46) | 86 (79–93) | 198 (181–215) | 303 (256–349) |
Physician services | 160 (157–162) | 151 (147–155) | 243 (227–260) | 599 (442–755) | 834 (711–957) |
Emergency department visits | 31 (30–31) | 23 (21–24) | 54 (45–63) | 163 (137–189) | 130 (61–200) |
Same-day surgery | 12 (12–13) | 15 (14–17) | 37 (33–42) | 69 (58–80) | 36 (28–44) |
Acute inpatient care | 175 (165–185) | 98 (86–110) | 470 (390–551) | 1750 (1529–1971) | 1907 (1317–2497) |
Outpatient prescription medications | 187 (184–191) | 215 (204–225) | 390 (348–431) | 507 (457–556) | 609 (448–770) |
Home care | 23 (22–25) | 15 (12–18) | 40 (35–45) | 100 (89–110) | 123 (96–151) |
Continuing care | 23 (18–27) | 7 (1–12) | 30 (16–45) | 57 (37–76) | 33 (0–69) |
Long-term care | 23 (21–25) | 4 (2–7) | 27 (19–35) | 42 (31–53) | 51 (18–85) |
Other services | 114 (107–121) | 89 (72–107) | 109 (92–127) | 175 (125–224) | 212 (102–223) |
Total cost | 798 (780–816) | 661 (630–692) | 1487 (1375–1599) | 3659 (3279–4039) | 4238 (3480–4996) |
Both decompensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma | Liver transplantation | Terminal, liver-related | Terminal, non–liver-related | ||
Outpatient visits | 544 (443–646) | 325 (276–374) | 518 (482–553) | 358 (331–386) | |
Physician services | 1891 (1422–2361) | 651 (534–768) | 1401 (1327–1475) | 1076 (1004–1148) | |
Emergency department visits | 163 (124–202) | 80 (67–93) | 305 (290–319) | 199 (188–210) | |
Same-day surgery | 89 (45–133) | 96 (31–161) | 47 (42–52) | 28 (23–33) | |
Acute inpatient care | 4966 (3880–6052) | 1932 (1369–2496) | 7564 (7090–8039) | 5408 (5016–5800) | |
Outpatient prescription medications | 683 (526–839) | 701 (604–798) | 318 (280–357) | 332 (310–355) | |
Home care | 215 (163–266) | 130 (94–167) | 366 (342–389) | 293 (271–316) | |
Continuing care | 14 (0–29) | 102 (0–220) | 337 (280–394) | 356 (302–410) | |
Long-term care | 25 (1–49) | 45 (11–78) | 107 (87–127) | 241 (217–265) | |
Other services | 164 (91–237) | 477 (332–621) | 240 (196–284) | 509 (457–561) | |
Total cost | 8753 (7130–10 377) | 4539 (3746–5333) | 11 202 (10 645–11 760) | 8801 (8331–9271) |
Note: CI = confidence interval.