Table 2 Use of healthcare services during pre- and post-index periods among all GAD patients newly started on benzodiazepines, by age*
Healthcare Service | Patient Age | All Patients (N=866) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<50 Years (N=568) | ≥50 Years (N=298) | ||||||||
Pre-Index | Post-Index | P-Value | Pre-Index | Post-Index | P-Value | Pre-Index | Post-Index | P-Value | |
Outpatient care | |||||||||
Outpatient office visits | |||||||||
Number (%) with ≥1 visits | |||||||||
Accident-related | 102 (18.0) | 106 (18.7) | 0.72 | 51 (17.1) | 53 (17.8) | 0.80 | 153 (17.7) | 159 (18.4) | 0.66 |
Other possibly related | 60 (10.6) | 69 (12.1) | 0.33 | 37 (12.4) | 32 (10.7) | 0.47 | 97 (11.2) | 101 (11.7) | 0.73 |
All of above | 142 (25.0) | 152 (26.8) | 0.45 | 79 (26.5) | 73 (24.5) | 0.51 | 221 (25.5) | 225 (26.0) | 0.80 |
All other | 379 (66.7) | 410 (72.2) | 0.03 | 209 (70.1) | 223 (74.8) | 0.14 | 588 (67.9) | 633 (73.1) | <0.01 |
All | 521 (91.7) | 562 (98.9) | <0.01 | 288 (96.6) | 296 (99.3) | 0.02 | 809 (93.4) | 858 (99.1) | <0.01 |
Mean (SD) number of visits | |||||||||
Accident-related | 4.2 (14.3) | 5.3 (15.0) | 0.15 | 5.9 (19.9) | 6.4 (19.2) | 0.69 | 4.8 (16.4) | 5.7 (16.5) | 0.18 |
Other possibly related | 2.5 (11.2) | 3.6 (12.8) | 0.06 | 3.0 (12.1) | 5.7 (23.9) | 0.05 | 2.7 (11.5) | 4.3 (17.4) | <0.01 |
All of above | 5.5 (15.3) | 7.2 (16.6) | 0.02 | 7.4 (20.5) | 9.6 (25.7) | 0.11 | 6.1 (17.3) | 8.0 (20.2) | <0.01 |
All other | 8.0 (13.7) | 11.6 (15.9) | <0.01 | 12.8 (24.3) | 17.7 (24.7) | <0.01 | 9.6 (18.2) | 13.7 (19.6) | <0.01 |
All | 13.4 (18.2) | 18.8 (19.1) | <0.01 | 20.2 (28.7) | 27.3 (30.5) | <0.01 | 15.8 (22.6) | 21.7 (23.9) | <0.01 |
ED visits | |||||||||
Number (%) with ≥1 visits | |||||||||
Accident-related | 44 (7.7) | 48 (8.5) | 0.60 | 15 (5.0) | 15 (5.0) | >0.99 | 59 (6.8) | 63 (7.3) | 0.67 |
Other possibly related | 36 (6.3) | 23 (4.0) | 0.06 | 9 (3.0) | 14 (4.7) | 0.28 | 45 (5.2) | 37 (4.3) | 0.33 |
All of above | 67 (11.8) | 61 (10.7) | 0.51 | 21 (7.0) | 24 (8.1) | 0.62 | 88 (10.2) | 85 (9.8) | 0.79 |
All other | 51 (9.0) | 58 (10.2) | 0.44 | 18 (6.0) | 24 (8.1) | 0.29 | 69 (8.0) | 82 (9.5) | 0.23 |
All | 118 (20.8) | 119 (21.0) | 0.93 | 39 (13.1) | 48 (16.1) | 0.26 | 157 (18.1) | 167 (19.3) | 0.48 |
Mean (SD) number of visits | |||||||||
Accident-related | 0.7 (3.7) | 1.0 (6.1) | 0.27 | 0.6 (3.4) | 1.3 (15.5) | 0.47 | 0.7 (3.6) | 1.1 (10.3) | 0.25 |
Other possibly related | 0.8 (4.8) | 0.7 (5.5) | 0.47 | 1.1 (15.1) | 1.4 (15.6) | 0.24 | 0.9 (9.6) | 0.9 (10.2) | 0.92 |
All of above | 1.2 (5.2) | 1.3 (6.5) | 0.88 | 1.6 (15.4) | 1.6 (15.7) | 0.81 | 1.4 (9.9) | 1.4 (10.6) | 0.98 |
All other | 0.8 (4.0) | 1.0 (4.7) | 0.43 | 0.6 (3.1) | 0.8 (4.0) | 0.51 | 0.7 (3.7) | 0.9 (4.5) | 0.30 |
All | 2.1 (6.4) | 2.3 (7.9) | 0.49 | 2.2 (15.6) | 2.3 (16.1) | 0.72 | 2.1 (10.5) | 2.3 (11.4) | 0.44 |
Hospitalizations | |||||||||
Number (%) with ≥1 hospitalizations | |||||||||
Accident-related | 11 (1.9) | 13 (2.3) | 0.67 | 8 (2.7) | 7 (2.3) | 0.76 | 19 (2.2) | 20 (2.3) | 0.86 |
Other possibly related | 12 (2.1) | 13 (2.3) | 0.83 | 8 (2.7) | 10 (3.4) | 0.56 | 20 (2.3) | 23 (2.7) | 0.60 |
All of above | 18 (3.2) | 22 (3.9) | 0.50 | 12 (4.0) | 11 (3.7) | 0.78 | 30 (3.5) | 33 (3.8) | 0.67 |
All other | 23 (4.0) | 17 (3.0) | 0.29 | 14 (4.7) | 11 (3.7) | 0.44 | 37 (4.3) | 28 (3.2) | 0.19 |
All | 41 (7.2) | 39 (6.9) | 0.80 | 26 (8.7) | 22 (7.4) | 0.41 | 67 (7.7) | 61 (7.0) | 0.51 |
Mean (SD) number of hospitalizations | |||||||||
Accident-related | 0.7 (6.1) | 1.2 (11.2) | 0.38 | 1.1 (8.6) | 1.3 (10.1) | 0.75 | 0.9 (7.0) | 1.2 (10.8) | 0.36 |
Other possibly related | 0.9 (7.3) | 1.3 (12.1) | 0.52 | 1.5 (10.9) | 1.7 (11.0) | 0.74 | 1.1 (8.7) | 1.4 (11.7) | 0.48 |
All of above | 1.2 (8.1) | 1.7 (13.0) | 0.40 | 1.7 (11.1) | 1.8 (11.0) | 0.98 | 1.4 (9.3) | 1.7 (12.4) | 0.47 |
All other | 0.9 (5.9) | 0.5 (4.1) | 0.13 | 1.7 (9.0) | 0.8 (5.9) | 0.11 | 1.2 (7.1) | 0.6 (4.8) | 0.03 |
All | 2.2 (9.9) | 2.2 (13.6) | 0.94 | 3.5 (14.1) | 2.6 (12.4) | 0.30 | 2.6 (11.6) | 2.3 (13.2) | 0.56 |