Table 2 Univariate analysis of outcomes between 6 months before and 6 months after IACP or without IACP
|  | IACP group (n = 166) | Unexposed group (n = 664) | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 months before | 6 months after | difference | 6 months before | 6 months after | difference | ||
Outpatient department visits | 9.07 (4.21) | 5.91 (4.16) | -3.16 (3.52) | 9.27 (4.12) | 7.91 (4.25) | -1.36 (3.60) | < 0.001* |
Number of physicians visited | 3.68 (1.69) | 2.69 (1.54) | -0.99 (1.27) | 3.70 (1.47) | 3.53 (1.56) | -0.17 (1.20) | < 0.001* |
Overall Costs of outpatient care# | 23.65 (13.84) | 19.68 (14.98) | -3.97 (11.94) | 28.07 (28.61) | 25.81 (29.10) | -2.26 (19.86) | 0.154 |
 Diagnostic fee | 4.78 (1.52) | 3.48 (1.52) | -1.30 (1.25) | 3.89 (1.39) | 3.37 (1.58) | -0.52 (1.24) | < 0.001* |
 Drug fee | 10.27 (7.59) | 9.70 (9.21) | -0.57 (6.59) | 15.33 (24.31) | 13.84 (24.77) | -1.49 (16.17) | 0.252 |
 Prescription service fee | 0.80 (0.43) | 0.54 (0.40) | -0.25 (0.27) | 0.86 (0.44) | 0.79 (0.50) | -0.07 (0.28) | < 0.001* |
 Treatment fee | 0.87 (1.50) | 0.68 (1.94) | -0.20 (1.93) | 1.17 (3.08) | 1.36 (5.05) | 0.19 (4.56) | 0.091 |
 Examination fee | 5.12 (4.38) | 3.52 (3.21) | -1.61 (4.10) | 4.77 (4.52) | 4.08 (3.99) | -0.70 (4.92) | 0.014* |
 Others | 1.80 (7.24) | 1.76 (4.63) | -0.04 (5.67) | 2.03 (4.87) | 2.37 (6.09) | 0.34 (6.17) | 0.452 |
Emergency department visits | 0.59 (1.16) | 0.40 (0.84) | -0.19 (1.21) | 0.50 (1.17) | 0.49 (1.15) | -0.02 (1.12) | 0.084 |
Overall Cost of emergency care# | 3.69 (9.17) | 2.96 (7.27) | -0.73 (9.37) | 3.67 (8.42) | 3.89 (9.79) | 0.22 (10.12) | 0.251 |
Hospitalizations | 0.22 (0.49) | 0.19 (0.46) | -0.03 (0.62) | 0.33 (0.71) | 0.28 (0.66) | -0.05 (0.76) | 0.668 |
Length of hospital stay (days) | 1.78 (5.37) | 1.71 (6.15) | -0.07 (7.17) | 2.48 (6.66) | 2.89 (10.22) | 0.41 (10.21) | 0.481 |
Overall Cost of hospitalization# | 11.06 (35.62) | 12.58 (66.12) | 1.53 (73.08) | 23.31 (64.14) | 26.89 (105.58) | 3.57 (111.51) | 0.774 |