Total (inpatient + outpatient) direct medical costs of care for subjects with GCA over a 5-year period. Values are the total incremental costs (95% CI) according to cost-percentiles for patients with GCA compared with referent subjects, inflation-adjusted to 2014 US dollars compared with referent subjects.
| Percentile | Model 1* | Model 2† |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | 2679 (968–4072) | 1018 (82–1973) |
| 25th | 2909 (1135–5016) | 1400 (−865 to 3167) |
| 50th | 6351 (422–10,486) | 3576 (635–6140) |
| 75th | 5431 (−6156 to 19302) | 6012 (2258–10,136) |
| 90th | −7187 (−34,065 to 16,335) | 7530 (−124 to 14,216) |