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- Table 1:
Baseline characteristics of Casey House clients admitted between Apr. 1, 2009, and Mar. 31, 2015, and Ontario residents with HIV
Covariate No. (%) of participants* Standardized difference Casey House clients
n = 268Ontario residents with HIV
n = 19 765Age, yr, mean ± SD 48.7 ± 10.1 46.0 ± 11.6 0.25 Sex Female 46 (17.2) 3971 (20.1) 0.08 Male 222 (82.8) 15 794 (79.9) 0.08 Eligibility for provincial drug coverage No 32 (11.9) 10 064 (50.9) 0.93 Yes 219 (81.7) 8510 (43.1) 0.87 Age > 65 yr 17 (6.3) 1191 (6.0) 0.01 Aggregated Diagnosis Groups Mean ± SD 12.5 ± 4.1 5.6 ± 4.3 1.65 0 1–5† 3096 (15.7) 0.59 1–4 3–7† 5677 (28.7) 0.77 5–9 47 (17.5) 7314 (37.0) 0.45 10–14 129 (48.1) 3012 (15.2) 0.76 ≥ 15 84 (31.3) 666 (3.4) 0.79 - Table 2:
Rate of health care use and associated costs by clients of Casey House (n = 268) per person-year in the year preceding admission to and the year after discharge from Casey House
Variable Health care utilization(events per person-year) Health care cost ($ per person-year)* 1 year before admission 1 year after discharge p value 1 year before admission 1 year after discharge p value Inpatient hospitalizations 1.4 1.1 0.05 28 340 23 690 0.02 Emergency department visits 4.6 2.5 0.02 1690 880 < 0.001 Physician visits All physicians 70.3 58.8 0.04 6090 3750 < 0.001 Family physicians 18.3 22.6 < 0.001 Specialists 46.2 31.8 0.2 Home care services 24.3 35.6 0.01 2210 2970 0.004 Publicly funded drugs 12 750 15 180 0.002 Total cost† 58 610 51 720 0.2 ↵* Standardized 2015 Canadian dollars.
↵† Total costs included hospitalizations, outpatient clinic visits, same-day surgery, emergency department visits, dialysis clinic visits, cancer clinic visits, publicly funded drugs, inpatient rehabilitations, complex and continuing care, home care services, physician visits, laboratory claims, nonphysician billings, capitation costs for primary care patient enrolment models, long-term care and inpatient mental health hospitalizations.