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Description of Table 1: Average Health Resource Utilization Costs
There were seventy-seven participants. The table tracks their expenses for various medical services at entry into the Living Well with a Disability program and then again four months after the end of the program.
Cost for inpatient hospital days at entry was
$2,590. Four months after the intervention, the cost was $2,170. Cost for
emergency room visits at entry was $59. Four months after the intervention, the
cost was $26. Cost for outpatient hospital visits at entry was $199. Four
months after the intervention, the cost was $262. Cost for physician visits at
entry was $176. Four months after the intervention, the cost was $155. Cost for
medications at entry was $231. Four months after the intervention, the cost was
$244. Cost for lab tests at entry was $228. Four months after the intervention,
the cost was $243.
Cost for therapy and services at entry was $616. Four months after the
intervention, the cost was $604. Average total costs per person at entry was
$4,098. Four months after the intervention, the total cost was $3,704.
Source: Living Well Program, The Rural Institute on Disabilities and 1997
Medicare data.
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