Table 3 Service utilization and costs in € (year 2009 values) during 3-month period
Number (%) of users | Mean costs in € per respondent (SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Resource | All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | p-valuea |
n = 3,124 | n = 1,481 | n = 1,643 | n = 3,124 | n = 1,481 | n = 1,643 | ||
Inpatient care | 272 (8.7) | 129 (8.7) | 143 (8.7) | 393.3 (1850.3) | 379.4 (1773.2) | 405.9 (1917.6) | 0.69 |
Outpatient care | |||||||
Outpatient physician services | 2,973 (95.2) | 1,403 (94.7) | 1,570 (95.6) | 174.2 (234.7) | 169.2 (261.9) | 178.7 (207.1) | 0.26 |
Non-physician providers | 633 (20.3) | 255 (17.2) | 378 (23.0) | 29.3 (92.6) | 24.6 (70.2) | 33.5 (108.7) | 0.01 |
Medical supplies and dental prostheses | 750 (24.0) | 315 (21.3) | 435 (26.5) | 68.6 (412.7) | 65.1 (442.8) | 71.7 (383.5) | 0.66 |
Pharmaceuticals | 2,688 (85.4) | 1,262 (85.2) | 1,406 (85.6) | 171.1 (290.7) | 182.9 (303.2) | 160.5 (278.6) | 0.03 |
Nursing care | |||||||
Formal | 29 (0.9) | 10 (0.7) | 19 (1.2) | 8.44 (155.7) | 6.8 (174.8) | 9.9 (136.2) | 0.59 |
Informal | 54 (1.7) | 23 (1.6) | 31 (1.9) | 43.5 (547.1) | 62.5 (715.6) | 26.4 (327.1) | 0.07 |
Any service or good | 3,061 (98.0) | 1,445 (97.6) | 1,616 (98.4) | 888.5 (2181.6) | 890.5 (2225.0) | 886.6 (2142.4) | 0.96 |