Table 6 Healthcare resource use during baseline and post-acute phasesa in the overall population and by age
Visit or Procedure | All Patients (N = 19,558) | Patients Aged 18–64 Years (n = 9381) | Patients Aged ≥ 65 Years (n = 10,177) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline Phase | Post-Acute Phase | Change From Baseline to Post-Acute Phase, Δ (% Change) | Baseline Phase | Post-Acute Phase | Change From Baseline to Post-Acute Phase, Δ (% Change) | Baseline Phase | Post-Acute Phase | Change From Baseline to Post-Acute Phase, Δ (% Change) | |
Outpatient lab tests | |||||||||
 Tests, n | 36,229 | 47,716 | 11,487 (31.7) | 16,008 | 21,590 | 5582 (34.9) | 20,221 | 26,126 | 5905 (29.2) |
 Patients, n | 12,453 | 13,565 | 1112 (8.9) | 5809 | 6279 | 470 (8.1) | 6644 | 7286 | 642 (9.7) |
 Mean ± SD | 1.9 ± 2.6 | 2.4 ± 3.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 ± 2.5 | 2.3 ± 3.2 | 0.6 | 2.0 ± 2.7 | 2.6 ± 3.3 | 0.6 |
 Median (Q1; Q3) | 1 (0; 3) | 1 (0; 3) | 0 | 1 (0; 2) | 1 (0; 3) | 0 | 1 (0; 3) | 2 (0; 4) | 1 |
Outpatient visits (specialist or nonspecialist) | |||||||||
 Visits, n | 488,305 | 613,201 | 124,896 (25.6) | 190,988 | 235,557 | 44,569 (23.3) | 297,317 | 377,644 | 80,327 (27.0) |
 Patients, n | 19,413 | 19,223 | –190 (–1.0) | 9357 | 9173 | –184 (–2.0) | 10,056 | 10,050 | –6 (–0.1) |
 Mean ± SD | 25.0 ± 29.0 | 31.4 ± 36.3 | 6.4 | 20.4 ± 25.5 | 25.1 ± 30.5 | 4.8 | 29.2 ± 31.3 | 37.1 ± 40.1 | 7.9 |
 Median (Q1; Q3) | 17 (9; 31) | 20 (10; 39) | 3 | 13 (7; 24) | 16 (8; 31) | 3 | 20 (11; 36) | 26 (13; 47) | 6 |
Emergency department visits | |||||||||
 Visits, n | 11,168 | 9205 | –1963 (–17.6) | 5514 | 4418 | –1096 (–19.9) | 5654 | 4787 | –867 (–15.3) |
 Patients, n | 5943 | 4756 | –1187 (–20.0) | 2830 | 2149 | –681 (–24.1) | 3113 | 2607 | –506 (–16.3) |
 Mean ± SD | 0.6 ± 1.6 | 0.5 ± 1.9 | –0.1 | 0.6 ± 1.9 | 0.5 ± 2.3 | –0.1 | 0.6 ± 1.2 | 0.5 ± 1.3 | –0.1 |
 Median (Q1; Q3) | 0 (0; 1) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 | 0 (0; 1) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 | 0 (0; 1) | 0 (0; 1) | 0 |
Prescription classes | |||||||||
 Prescriptions, n | 110,001 | 111,618 | 1617 (1.5) | 49,424 | 48,329 | –1095 (–2.2) | 60,577 | 63,289 | 2712 (4.5) |
 Patients, n | 17,609 | 17,520 | –89 (–0.5) | 8795 | 8550 | –245 (–2.8) | 8814 | 8970 | 156 (1.8) |
 Mean ± SD | 5.6 ± 4.0 | 5.7 ± 4.1 | 0.1 | 5.3 ± 3.8 | 5.2 ± 4.0 | –0.1 | 6.0 ± 4.1 | 6.2 ± 4.2 | 0.3 |
 Median (Q1; Q3) | 5 (3; 8) | 5 (3; 8) | 0 | 5 (2; 7) | 4 (2; 7) | –1 | 6 (3; 9) | 6 (3; 9) | 0 |
Inpatient visits | |||||||||
 Visits, n | 3642 | 5301 | 1659 (45.6) | 1314 | 1528 | 214 (16.3) | 2328 | 3773 | 1445 (62.1) |
 Patients, n | 2523 | 2877 | 354 (14.0) | 884 | 878 | –6 (–0.7) | 1639 | 1999 | 360 (22.0) |
 Mean ± SD | 0.2 ± 0.6 | 0.3 ± 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.6 | 0.2 ± 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.6 | 0.4 ± 1.0 | 0.1 |
 Median (Q1; Q3) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 | 0 (0; 0) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 | 0 (0; 0) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 |
Inpatient lab tests | |||||||||
 Tests, n | 851 | 1745 | 894 (105.1) | 299 | 397 | 98 (32.8) | 552 | 1348 | 796 (144.2) |
 Patients, n | 379 | 521 | 142 (37.5) | 108 | 149 | 41 (38.0) | 271 | 372 | 101 (37.3) |
 Mean ± SD | 0.0 ± 0.5 | 0.1 ± 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 ± 0.6 | 0.0 ± 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 ± 0.5 | 0.1 ± 1.3 | 0.1 |
 Median (Q1; Q3) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 | 0 (0; 0) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 | 0 (0; 0) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 |
Length of hospital stay | |||||||||
 Days, n | 18,941 | 50,310 | 31,369 (165.6) | 7313 | 12,290 | 4977 (68.1) | 11,628 | 38,020 | 26,392 (227.0) |
 Patients, n | 2523 | 2877 | 354 (14.0) | 884 | 878 | –6 (–0.7) | 1639 | 1999 | 360 (22.0) |
 Mean ± SD | 7.5 ± 10.1 | 17.5 ± 25.2 | 10.0 (132.9) | 8.3 ± 12.7 | 14.0 ± 25.9 | 5.7 (69.2) | 7.1 ± 8.3 | 19.0 ± 24.8 | 11.9 (168.1) |
 Median (Q1; Q3) | 4 (3; 8) | 8 (4; 21) | 4 | 4 (3; 8) | 5 (3; 13) | 1 | 5 (3; 8) | 9 (4; 24) | 4 |
Length of ICU stay | |||||||||
 Days, n | 937 | 1068 | 131 (14.0) | 298 | 396 | 98 (32.9) | 639 | 672 | 33 (5.2) |
 Patients, n | 742 | 743 | 1 (0.1) | 214 | 217 | 3 (1.4) | 528 | 526 | –2 (–0.4) |
 Mean ± SD | 0.4 ± 0.7 | 0.4 ± 0.9 | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.3 ± 0.8 | 0.5 ± 1.3 | 0.1 (33.8) | 0.4 ± 0.7 | 0.3 ± 0.7 | –0.1 (–13.8) |
 Median (Q1; Q3) | 0 (0; 1) | 0 (0; 1) | 0 | 0 (0; 0) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 | 0 (0; 1) | 0 (0; 1) | 0 |
Patients with invasive mechanical ventilation use, n (%) | 165 (0.8) | 210 (1.1) | 45 (27.3) | 58 (0.6) | 75 (0.8) | 17 (29.3) | 107 (1.1) | 135 (1.3) | 28 (26.2) |
Patients with noninvasive mechanical ventilation use, n (%) | 147 (0.8) | 173 (0.9) | 26 (17.7) | 51 (0.5) | 60 (0.6) | 9 (17.7) | 96 (0.9) | 113 (1.1) | 17 (17.7) |
Patients with supplemental oxygen use, n (%) | 199 (1.0) | 358 (1.8) | 159 (79.9) | 53 (0.6) | 90 (1.0) | 37 (69.8) | 146 (1.4) | 268 (2.6) | 122 (83.6) |
Patients with readmission within 30 days, n (%) | 327 (1.7) | 1144 (5.9) | 817 (249.9) | 131 (1.4) | 220 (2.3) | 89 (67.9) | 196 (1.9) | 924 (9.1) | 728 (371.4) |