Fig 1.
Conceptual diagram of data collection and analysis processes.
After inclusion criteria were applied, patients experienced final discharges were identified (n = 844) and then a 40% random sample of all eligible patients was drawn. The two samples that labelled with * contained overlapping patients. During the telephone survey, samples were generated based on complete responses to each module. The four samples that labelled with ** also contained overlapping patients.
Table 1.
Demographics, socioeconomic status, and clinical characteristics of patients involved in various stages of the study (n, %).
Table 2.
Statistically significant predictors of costs per inpatient episode (US$) (coefficients, confidence interval).
Fig 2.
Costs per inpatient episodes and costs per case from diagnosis to final discharge, by clinical stages.
Costs per inpatient episode were described in panel A1. The proportion of costs per inpatient episode by components was presented in panel A2. Costs per case from diagnosis to final discharge were described in panel B1. The proportion of costs per inpatient episode by components was presented in panel B2. Values presented in the figure were rounded to one digit decimal place.
Table 3.
Costs and loss in quality-adjusted life years per case from diagnosis to one year after final discharge, by clinical stages (US$).