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Table 3 Costs of medical care used utilised by individuals with KC

From: A reconstruction of a medical history from administrative data: with an application to the cost of skin cancer

 

Estimated mean costs

Observed total costs

Costs categories

Costs (AU$) [95% CI]

Method

Costs (AU$)

Source

Category (1)

231 [217 to 244]

\( {\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^k} Cat1/n \)

459,664

See Table 1

Category (2)

436 [240 to 632]*

Cat. (1 + 2) - Cat. 1

643,993

See Table 4

Category (1 + 2)

667 [470 to 863]

GLM

  

Category (3)

386 [47 to 725]*

Correlated with KC - Cat. (1 + 2)

  

Correlated with KC

1,053 [776 to 1,330]

\( {\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n} Cost/n-{\displaystyle \sum_{i=m}^m} Cost/m \)

  

KC = 0

1,918 [1,745 to 2,091]

\( {\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^m} Cost/m \)

  

KC = 1

2,971 [2,760 to 3,182]

\( {\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n} Cost/n \)

  
  1. Note:
  2. n = Number with KC.
  3. m = Number without KC.
  4. k = Number of Category 1 services.
  5. *The 95% CI for the difference between two means (ā and \( \overline{b} \)) was estimated by \( \pm 1.96*\sqrt{SE\frac{2}{a}+SE\frac{2}{b}} \) [41].