Trends in healthcare expenditure among people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States: evidence from 10 Years of nationally representative data

Ritchwood, Tiarney D.; Bishu, Kinfe G.; Egede, Leonard E.

doi:10.1186/s12939-017-0683-y

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 2 Unadjusted means of total healthcare and healthcare service expenditures by HIV status

From: Trends in healthcare expenditure among people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States: evidence from 10 Years of nationally representative data

	HIV		No HIV		p-value
	Mean ($)	95% CI	Mean ($)	95% CI
Total Cost
2002/04	22,544	15,901–29,187	4,407	4,243–4,571	<0.001**
2005/07	27,247	16,548–37,946	4,760	4,620–4,900	<0.001**
2008/11	29,329	21,817–36,840	5,013	4,877–5,150	<0.001**
Pooled sample	26,893	21,844–31,943	4,761	4,669–4,854	<0.001**
Inpatient
2002/04	3,874	575 –7,173	1,290	1,179–1,401	0.124
2005/07	4,698	1,115–8,281	1,331	1,250 –1,412	0.065
2008/11	4,162	290–8,034	1,358	1,275–1,441	0.154
Pooled sample	4,252	2,028–6,476	1,330	1,277–1,384	0.010*
Office-based
2002/04	2,112	1,407–2,817	1,010	980–1,040	0.001**
2005/07	2,410	929–3,891	1,156	1,112–1,199	0.095
2008/11	3,214	2,012–4,415	1,249	1,213–1,285	0.001**
Pooled sample	2,674	1,945–3,403	1,152	1,129–1,175	<0.001**
Medications
2002/04	13,833	10,194–17,472	907	877–937	<0.001**
2005/07	18,573	8,708–28,438	1,045	1,008–1,083	<0.001**
2008/11	19,820	15,306–24,334	1,116	1,067–1,166	<0.001**
Pooled sample	17,854	14,061–21,646	1,034	1,007–1,061	<0.001**
Outpatient
2002/04	446	419–473	966	174–1,758	0.197
2005/07	320	81–558	449	422–476	0.288
2008/11	481	179–783	474	444–504	0.959
Pooled sample	559	321–798	458	440–476	0.407
Emergency Room (ER)
2002/04	451	-38 –940	162	155–170	0.247
2005/07	278	45–511	169	161–177	0.354
2008/11	192	65–320	205	195–215	0.841
Pooled sample	287	104–470	182	177–187	0.260
Home Health
2002/04	929	4–1,855	152	113–191	0.100
2005/07	444	77–810	168	120–217	0.145
2008/11	956	-236–2,149	179	149–209	0.200
Pooled sample	790	215–1,365	168	140–195	0.034*
Dental
2002/04	249	121–378	339	328–350	0.171
2005/07	342	136–548	341	329–353	0.992
2008/11	390	193–588	338	325–351	0.597
Pooled sample	338	226–451	339	331–347	0.987
Other
2002/04	126	91–103	126	70–182	0.309
2005/07	97	92–103	179	105–253	0.029*
2008/11	110	49–171	91	86–95	0.531
Pooled sample	94	91–98	136	98–173	0.030*

Note: Inpatient=Hospital Inpatient; Outpatient=Hospital Outpatient; Total healthcare expenditure= the sum of direct payments for care provided during the year, including out-of-pocket payments and payments by private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare and other sources; Total medical healthcare expenditure= sum of office-based medical provider expenditure, hospital outpatient expenditure, emergency room expenditure, inpatient hospital (including zero night stays) expenditure, prescription medicine expenditure, dental expenditure, home health care expenditure and other medical expenses; **p ≤ 0.01; *p ≤ 0.05

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