Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Three-year total | ||||||||||||||
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Patient group | Resource component | % patients with costs | Mean | SD | Med | % patients with costs | Mean | SD | Med | % patients with costs | Mean | SD | Med | % patients with costs | Mean | SD | Med |
All patients (n=708) | Health practitioners* | 91 | 733 | 789 | 486 | 84 | 615 | 783 | 350 | 77 | 481 | 676 | 254 | 97 | 1829 | 1860 | 1239 |
Medical workups† | 79 | 249 | 306 | 144 | 71 | 195 | 257 | 85 | 66 | 163 | 234 | 65 | 92 | 607 | 618 | 403 | |
Biologics | 24 | 2515 | 5322 | 0 | 27 | 3205 | 6202 | 0 | 26 | 3287 | 6460 | 0 | 32 | 9007 | 16 512 | 0 | |
All drugs | 100 | 2680 | 5340 | 155 | 100 | 3339 | 6224 | 127 | 100 | 3396 | 6477 | 99 | 100 | 9416 | 16 565 | 408 | |
HRU costs | 100 | 4161 | 5901 | 1297 | 100 | 4675 | 6780 | 1107 | 100 | 4464 | 6859 | 856 | 100 | 13 299 | 17 770 | 4505 | |
Productivity loss | 30 | 843 | 2899 | 0 | 23 | 769 | 3368 | 0 | 24 | 497 | 1951 | 0 | 46 | 2109 | 5846 | 0 | |
All costs excluding biologics | 100 | 2489 | 3629 | 1228 | 100 | 2239 | 4159 | 872 | 100 | 1673 | 2718 | 706 | 100 | 6402 | 7770 | 3708 | |
All costs | 100 | 5004 | 6870 | 1547 | 100 | 5444 | 7937 | 1287 | 100 | 4961 | 7457 | 1063 | 100 | 15 409 | 19 794 | 5358 | |
Ever received a biologic (n=225) | Health practitioners* | 99 | 997 | 886 | 722 | 94 | 909 | 922 | 577 | 86 | 702 | 886 | 399 | 100 | 2608 | 2175 | 1952 |
Medical workups† | 96 | 427 | 374 | 324 | 91 | 328 | 303 | 245 | 83 | 265 | 296 | 168 | 100 | 1020 | 716 | 922 | |
Biologics | 76 | 7913 | 6819 | 8510 | 86 | 10 084 | 7191 | 12 047 | 81 | 10 344 | 7641 | 12 694 | 100 | 28 341 | 17 606 | 28 554 | |
All drugs | 100 | 8123 | 6802 | 8548 | 100 | 10 265 | 7183 | 12 186 | 100 | 10 477 | 7650 | 12 716 | 100 | 28 865 | 17 568 | 28 962 | |
HRU costs | 100 | 10 214 | 7073 | 11 175 | 100 | 12 244 | 7422 | 13 437 | 100 | 11 889 | 7895 | 13 577 | 100 | 34 347 | 17 833 | 36 107 | |
Productivity loss | 41 | 1523 | 3723 | 0 | 33 | 1391 | 4827 | 0 | 34 | 945 | 2900 | 0 | 59 | 3859 | 8071 | 485 | |
All costs excluding biologics | 100 | 3823 | 4341 | 2019 | 100 | 3552 | 5614 | 1677 | 100 | 2490 | 3635 | 1217 | 100 | 9865 | 9727 | 6701 | |
All costs | 100 | 11 736 | 7883 | 12 477 | 100 | 13 635 | 8915 | 13 880 | 100 | 12 834 | 8667 | 13 765 | 100 | 38 206 | 19 829 | 39 306 | |
Never received a biologic (n=483) | Health practitioners* | 88 | 610 | 707 | 352 | 80 | 478 | 668 | 211 | 72 | 378 | 522 | 177 | 95 | 1466 | 1566 | 937 |
Medical workups† | 70 | 166 | 225 | 81 | 62 | 132 | 205 | 41 | 59 | 116 | 180 | 41 | 88 | 414 | 452 | 270 | |
Biologics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
All drugs | 100 | 145 | 223 | 99 | 100 | 113 | 143 | 75 | 100 | 98 | 145 | 53 | 100 | 355 | 423 | 252 | |
HRU costs | 100 | 1341 | 1662 | 750 | 100 | 1149 | 1619 | 510 | 100 | 1004 | 1518 | 429 | 100 | 3495 | 3501 | 2240 | |
Productivity loss | 25 | 527 | 2360 | 0 | 19 | 479 | 2355 | 0 | 20 | 288 | 1241 | 0 | 40 | 1294 | 4206 | 0 | |
All costs excluding biologics | 100 | 1868 | 3057 | 850 | 100 | 1628 | 3090 | 566 | 100 | 1293 | 2060 | 521 | 100 | 4789 | 6022 | 2633 | |
All costs | 100 | 1868 | 3057 | 850 | 100 | 1628 | 3090 | 566 | 100 | 1293 | 2060 | 521 | 100 | 4789 | 6022 | 2633 |
*Health practitioners include physicians and other allied health professionals (nurse, physiotherapist, osteopath, etc).
†Medical workups include blood and urine tests, X-ray, ultrasound, scanner, MRI, bone densitometry, scintigraphy, respirometry, colonoscopy, mammography and fibroscopy.