The high cost of celiac disease in an Israeli Health Maintenance Organization

Health Economics Review

Table 1 Costs by type of expenditure between groups

Group statistics
Costs		N	Mean	Std. deviation	p-value
Log HOSPITAL costs	Control	15,039	.5361	1.22208	0.012
Log HOSPITAL costs	Celiac	1,754	.6135	1.27476	0.012
Log DRUGS costs	Control	15,040	1.8062	.90631	<0.0001
Log DRUGS costs	Celiac	1,754	2.1738	.73001	<0.0001
Log LAB costs	Control	15,040	1.5037	.93370	<0.0001
Log LAB costs	Celiac	1,754	2.1996	.51023	<0.0001
Log standard radiology costs	Control	15,040	.9713	.97449	<0.0001
Log standard radiology costs	Celiac	1,754	1.3291	.94472	<0.0001
Log CT costs	Control	15,040	.1105	.49551	<0.001
Log CT costs	Celiac	1,754	.1986	.64724	<0.001
Log MRI costs	Control	15,040	.0363	.32318	0.20
Log MRI costs	Celiac	1,754	.0481	.37254	0.20
Log Total costs	Control	14,997	2.7926	.82677	<0.0001
Log Total costs	Celiac	1,754	3.1865	.49778	<0.0001

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