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Table 2 Costs of resource utilisation in the 2 years preceding index IHD admission stratified by subgroups

From: Patterns of Medicare-funded primary health and specialist consultations in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians in the two years before hospitalisation for ischaemic heart disease

 

Aboriginal (1)

Non-Aboriginal (2)

Ratio (1/2)

Total healthcare expenditure on the MBS items in 2 years preceding index admission, CPI adjusted, $(%)

1,613,868 (2.7)

58,100,000 (97.3)

 

Mean healthcare cost/person

1271 ± 1391

2238 ± 2319

0.57

▪ Younger age < 55

1134 ± 1360

1551 ± 1885

0.73

▪ 55 years and older

1532 ± 1412

2477 ± 2406

0.62

▪ Men

1049 ± 1195

2067 ± 2183

0.51

▪ Women

1541 ± 1556

2670 ± 2582

0.58

▪ Metro patients

1454 ± 1424

2332 ± 2382

0.62

▪ Rural patients

1170 ± 1363

1869 ± 2013

0.63

▪ Incident patients

1186 ± 1197

2099 ± 2178

0.56

▪ Diabetic patients

1461 ± 1358

3082 ± 2572

0.47

▪ Chronic kidney disease patients

1551 ± 1445

3079 ± 2667

0.50