Table 4 Total HCRU for DM and cDM cohorts compared to matched controls for 12-month Follow-up Period, broken down by resource type
Resource use | DM cohort (n = 8390) | Non-DM control cohort (n = 8297) | cDM cohort (n = 236) | Non-cDM control cohort (n = 228) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | Mean (SD) | Median | N (%) | Mean (SD) | Median | p value | N (%) | Mean (SD) | Median | N (%) | Mean (SD) | Median | p value | |
Outpatient pharmacy (in Rx) | ||||||||||||||
Patients with ≥ 1 pharmacy record | 8388 (100) | 8292 (99.9) | 0.4142 | 236 (100) | 228 (100) | – | ||||||||
Prescription fills per patient | 34.88 (34.78) | 24 | 29.46 (32.28) | 19 | < .0001 | 15.45 (17.03) | 10 | 7.30 (7.20) | 5 | < .0001 | ||||
Outpatient medical (in Dx) | ||||||||||||||
Patients with ≥ 1 outpatient visit | 8381 (99.9) | 8258 (99.5) | < .0001 | 236 (100) | 223 (97.8) | < .0001 | ||||||||
Number of outpatient visits per patient | 26.78 (42.40) | 15 | 12.23 (20.35) | 7 | < .0001 | 70.01 (82.77) | 42 | 8.21 (7.13) | 7 | < .0001 | ||||
Physician office visits | ||||||||||||||
Patients with ≥ 1 physician office visit | 7346 (87.6) | 6880 (82.9) | < .0001 | 196 (83.1) | 188 (82.5) | 0.8907 | ||||||||
Number of physician office visits per patient | 8.41 (10.40) | 5 | 6.10 (9.23) | 4 | < .0001 | 11.25 (13.95) | 7.5 | 5.86 (5.42) | 5 | < .0001 | ||||
ER visits | ||||||||||||||
Patients with ≥ 1 ER visit | 2536 (30.2) | 1815 (21.9) | < .0001 | 110 (46.6) | 78 (34.2) | 0.0080 | ||||||||
Number of ER visits per patient | 0.73 (2.31) | 0 | 0.45 (1.33) | 0 | < .0001 | 1.33 (2.96) | 0 | 0.64 (1.31) | 0 | 0.0003 | ||||
Inpatient hospitalizations (In subset with linkage to Charge Description Master) | ||||||||||||||
Patients with ≥ 1 hospitalization | 247 (2.9) | 160 (1.9) | < .0001 | 18 (7.6) | 3 (1.3) | 0.0010 | ||||||||
Number of hospitalizations per patient | 0.05 (0.35) | 0 | 0.03 (0.24) | 0 | < .0001 | 0.11 (0.50) | 0 | 0.02 (0.22) | 0 | 0.0032 | ||||