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Table 1 Characteristics of the NIH enrolees included in this study, 2010

From: The influence of socio-economic status and multimorbidity patterns on healthcare costs: a six-year follow-up under a universal healthcare system

  

Count of Rx-MGs

Total cost

Non-pharmacy cost

n

%

Mean

(S.D.)

Mean

RW

Mean

RW

Total

 

903 376

       

Gender

Male

473 194

52.4

4.2

(3.7)

793.7

1.022

579.0

1.007

Female

430 182

47.6

4.6

(3.6)

760.1

0.979

571.2

0.993

Age(in years)

<20

172 588

20.6

3.4

(2.2)

287.4

0.370

234.8

0.408

21–30

147 523

14.9

3.4

(2.8)

350.1

0.451

287.9

0.501

31–40

156 345

17.3

3.5

(3.0)

447.6

0.576

350.3

0.609

41–50

155 422

17.2

3.9

(3.4)

642.6

0.827

468.7

0.815

51–60

132 851

14.7

4.9

(3.9)

999.1

1.286

717.4

1.248

61–70

68 509

7.6

6.6

(4.5)

1 670.6

2.151

1 177.2

2.047

> = 71

70 138

7.7

8.4

(4.9)

2 613.7

3.365

1 894.6

3.295

Occupation

Employer

19 212

2.1

4.3

(3.6)

805.8

1.038

584.5

1.017

Physician

2 531

0.3

3.6

(3.5)

802.0

1.033

556.2

0.967

Paramedical personnel

15 826

1.8

4.0

(3.2)

576.6

0.742

439.4

0.764

Public servant

48 080

5.3

4.2

(3.4)

708.6

0.912

517.3

0.900

Employee or self-employed

667 980

73.9

4.1

(3.4)

657.8

0.847

489.3

0.851

Farmer

92 441

10.2

5.9

(4.5)

1 262.8

1.626

917.5

1.596

Fisherman

22 454

2.5

4.6

(3.7)

732.6

0.943

545.6

0.949

Low income

34 852

3.9

6.5

(4.8)

1 960.8

2.525

1 466.1

2.550

Income

<=USD$594

226 634

25.1

4.3

(4.0)

916.2

1.180

679.4

1.182

USD$594 - $ 1 210

464 094

51.4

4.5

(3.7)

762.3

0.982

566.5

0.985

USD$1 210 - $3 850

203 846

22.6

4.1

(3.3)

658.4

0.848

482.6

0.839

> = USD$3 850

8 802

1.0

3.7

(3.2)

676.1

0.871

476.8

0.829

  1. Note: Distributions of Rx-MG counts and total cost were all statistically different among genders, age groups, type of occupation, and income class (p < .001); RW relative weight, the costs divided by the population mean.
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