Average Cost (95% CI) | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total |
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Total | $4480 ($4172–$4778) | $1853 ($1618–$2096) | $1633 ($1373–$1937) | $1358 ($1091–$1647) | $1010 ($720–$1308) | $10,332 ($9617–$11,039) |
Inpatient | $3262 ($3029–$3504) | $1172 ($990–$1358) | $1037 ($829–$1250) | $821 ($612–$1044) | $634 ($429–$868) | $6927 ($6402–$7440) |
Outpatient | $683 ($649–$726) | $325 ($291–$361) | $281 ($241–$325) | $263 ($217–$302) | $218 ($163–$273) | $1771 ($1661–$1899) |
Home care | $333 ($278–$389) | $199 ($147–$249) | $193 ($131–$255) | $174 ($110–$240) | $118 ($44–$187) | $1017 ($804–$1218) |
Gout-treating prescriptions | $27 ($27–$28) | $24 ($23–$24) | $24 ($23–$24) | $24 ($23–$25) | $23 ($22–$24) | $121 ($119–$124) |
NSAID prescriptions | $6 ($5–$8) | $1 ($0–$2) p = 0.22 | $0 (−$1 to $1) p = 0.73 | −$1 (−$2 to $1) p = 0.43 | $0 (−$2 to $2) p = 0.94 | $6 ($1–$11) p < 0.05 |
Corticosteroid prescriptions | $2 ($2–$2) | $1 ($1–$1) | $1 ($1–$1) | $1 ($1–$1) | $1 ($1–$2) | $6 ($5–$8) |
Other prescriptions | $165 ($126–$204) | $131 ($95–$170) | $96 ($46–$154) | $76 ($26–$128) | $16 (−$41 to $74) p = 0.57 | $484 ($317–$658) |
NSAID: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs.