Research Article
Cost of Living with Parkinson’s Disease over 12 Months in Australia: A Prospective Cohort Study
Table 4
Resource utilization related to Parkinson’s disease over 12 months.
| | Mild
| Moderate–severe
| value |
| Hospitalisations | | | | Mean number of hospital admissions per person per year | 0.60 | 1.29 | <0.001 | SD 0.81 | SD 1.29 | Public hospital | 0.11 | 0.62 | 0.01 | SD 0.32 | SD 1.19 | Private hospital | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.20 | SD 0.74 | SD 1.12 | Mean hospital LOS (days) per person per year | 4.43 | 20.15 | <0.001 | SD 6.77 | SD 26.20 | Public hospital LOS | 0.86 | 10.83 | <0.001 | SD 2.81 | SD 24.06 | Private hospital LOS | 3.57 | 9.33 | 0.02 | SD 6.56 | SD 16.58 | Hospital transport (mean number times) | | | | Ambulance (road + air) | 0.11 | 0.58 | 0.01 | SD 0.32 | SD 1.18 | Private car | 0.43 | 0.98 | 0.02 | SD 0.65 | SD 1.39 | Taxi | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.22 | SD 0.37 | SD 0.19 | Medical services (mean number of visits) | | | | General practice | 10.17 | 10.25 | 0.47 | SD 4.62 | SD 4.35 | Medical specialist Services | 12.00 | 28.32 | <0.001 | SD 9.66 | SD 18.56 | Imaging | 4.50 | 2.98 | <0.001 | SD 1.90 | SD 1.53 | Pathology | 13.51 | 18.58 | 0.05 | SD 5.70 | SD 16.92 | Allied health services (mean number of visits) | | | | Physiotherapy | 7.11 | 10.06 | 0.15 | SD 12.66 | SD 12.99 | Podiatry | 1.06 | 2.38 | 0.01 | SD 1.86 | SD 3.09 | Occupational therapy | 0.34 | 0.83 | 0.06 | SD 0.76 | SD 1.69 | Speech therapy | 0.03 | 0.56 | 0.04 | SD 0.17 | SD 1.70 | Psychology | 0.03 | 0.30 | 0.04 | SD 0.17 | SD 0.82 | Dietetics | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.12 | SD 0.00 | SD 1.07 | Chiropractic | 0.03 | 0.44 | 0.09 | SD 0.17 | SD 1.81 | Optometry | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.34 | SD 0.24 | SD 0.20 | Other | 1 | 1.02 | 0.49 | SD 1.96 | SD 2.57 | Other medical services (dental) (mean number of visits) | 1.11 | 0.25 | 0.08 | SD 4.15 | SD 1.40 | Home based care and community services (mean number of hours) | | | | Formal care hours, nurse | — | 7.00 | — | SD 30.94 | Formal care hours, PCA | — | 31.00 | — | SD 80.60 | Informal care hours | 96.2 | 775 | 0.01 | SD 354.53 | SD 1492.37 | Meals on wheels | 11.89 | 89.00 | 0.05 | SD 50.58 | 263.41 |
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