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Table 3 Healthcare costs per person per montha in patients with NVAF treated with dabigatran or warfarin

From: Healthcare utilization and costs for patients initiating Dabigatran or Warfarin

Outcome

Dabigatran

Warfarin

P valueb

 

Total Cost, mean (95% CI)

 Unadjusted GLM Mean

$2362 ($2213, $2521)

$2204 ($2065, $2352)

0.1398

 Adjusted GLM Meand

$2381 ($2106, $2700)

$2183 ($1929, $2481)

0.0967

Total Pharmacy Cost, mean (95% CI)

 Unadjusted GLM Mean

$509 ($488, $531)

$251 ($240, $262)

<.0001

 Adjusted GLM Meand

$510 ($470, $555)

$250 ($230, $273)

<.0001

Total Medical Cost, mean (95% CI)

 Unadjusted GLM Mean

$1903 ($1757, $2060)

$1973 ($1823, $2135)

0.5276

 Adjusted GLM Meand

$1912 ($1646, $2231)

$1956 ($1683, $2286)

0.5500

Hospital-related All-Cause Medical Cost, mean (95% CI)

 Unadjusted GLM Mean

$1534 ($1283, $1833)

$1596 ($1338, $1903)

0.7552

 Adjusted GLM Meand

$1094 ($821, $1480)

$1137 ($851, $1539)

0.6607

ER related All-Cause Medical Cost, mean (95% CI)

 Unadjusted GLM Mean

$73 ($65, $83)

$82 ($73, $92)

0.2036

 Adjusted GLM Meand

$72 ($58, $91)

$83 ($66, $104)

0.0967

Physician office visits related All-Cause Medical Cost, mean (95% CI)

 Unadjusted GLM Mean

$285 ($269, $303)

$287 ($270, $305)

0.8929

 Adjusted GLM Meand

$282 ($252, $317)

$289 ($258, $326)

0.3792

Outpatient visits related All-Cause Medical Cost, mean (95% CI)

 Unadjusted GLM Mean

$399 ($361, $441)

$360 ($325, $398)

0.1554

 Adjusted GLM Meand

$396 ($327, $482)

$362 ($300, $445)

0.3120

  1. CI confidence interval, GLM generalized linear mean
  2. aPer-patient-per-month (PPPM) was calculated at the patient level (total costs divided by follow-up months), and summary statistics were derived from this measure
  3. b P values derived using a generalized linear model (GLM) with log link function and gamma distribution; Service location specific costs were increased by a constant of $1 to account for zero cost in the log cost model
  4. dadjusted for age, gender, race, CHADS2 score and HEMORR2HAGES score