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Table 8 Per member per month costs

From: A randomized study of telephonic care support in populations at risk for musculoskeletal preference-sensitive surgeries

 

Intervention arm

Control arm

Unadjusted differences

Modeled percent difference

P value

   

Cost

Percent

(95% CI)

 

All Members

n = 13,901

n = 10,266

    

All PMPM Costs

$595.88

$637.54

-$41.67

−6.5%

−0.0485(−0.0981 to 0.0011)

0.0555

†Actionable PMPM Costs

$470.60

$524.88

-$54.28

−10.3%

−0.0645(−0.1222 to −0.0067)

0.0286

All PMPM Physician Costs

$37.66

$40.03

-$2.38

−5.9%

−0.0389(−0.0769 to -.0008)

0.0451

All PMPM Facility Costs

$321.51

$344.57

-$23.07

−6.7%

−0.0568(−0.1259 to 0.0122)

0.1066

All PMPM Pharmacy Costs

$80.42

$71.66

$8.76

12.2%

−0.0070(−0.0376 to 0.0236)

0.6524

All PMPM Ancillary Costs

$156.29

$181.28

-$24.99

−13.8%

−0.0396(−0.0923 to 0.0130)

0.1401

Members with Risks for Preference-Sensitive Back Surgery

n = 5,286

n = 3,035

    

ll PMPM Costs

$534.06

$589.32

-$55.26

−9.4%

−0.0391(−0.1232 to 0.0450)

0.3617

†Actionable PMPM Costs

$399.94

$458.68

-$58.73

−12.8%

−0.0342(−0.1337 to 0.0652)

0.4999

All PMPM Physician Costs

$39.87

$41.40

-$1.53

−3.7%

−0.0153(−0.0820 to 0.0514)

0.6533

All PMPM Facility Costs

$261.85

$296.09

-$34.24

−11.6%

−0.0150(−0.1305 to 0.1005)

0.7989

All PMPM Pharmacy Costs

$92.08

$86.92

$5.16

5.9%

−0.0428(−0.0986 to 0.0131)

0.1338

All PMPM Ancillary Costs

$140.26

$164.92

-$24.65

−14.9%

−0.0393(−0.1298 to 0.0512)

0.3943

Preference-Sensitive Joint Surgery

n = 8,615

n = 7,231

    

All PMPM Costs

$633.81

$657.79

-$23.98

−3.6%

−0.0523(−0.1138 to 0.0091)

0.0948

†Actionable PMPM Costs

$513.96

$552.67

-$38.71

−7.0%

−0.0747(−0.1456 to −0.0039)

0.0387

All PMPM Physician Costs

$36.30

$39.46

-$3.16

−8.0%

−0.0497(−0.0961 to −0.0034)

0.0353

All PMPM Facility Costs

$358.11

$364.92

-$6.81

−1.9%

−0.0720(−.1580 to 0.0139)

0.1005

  1. † Excludes claims associated with trauma & accident, psych/substance abuse, malignant neoplasm, maternity and childbirth. Excludes patients with no health plan eligibility in the pre or post period.
  2. ‡Adjusted for age, gender, study wave, targeted preference-sensitive condition (overall model only), prior year’s facility, physician, ancillary, pharmacy costs, Health Coach communication in the prior year, continuous eligibility for the study period.