Table 5 MG related health care resource utilization (HCRU) in the DMG dataset in overall study population and different subgroups.
MG related HCRU per patient | overall n = 1,660 | oMG n = 388 | gMG n = 1,272 | SMD1 | No MG-related treatment n = 221 | Standard treatment n = 1,256 | Intensified treatment n = 169 | SMD2 | EOMG n = 686 | LOMG n = 851 | SMD3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doctor visits per year, mean (SD) | 5.2 (6.9) | 3.9 (3.3) | 5.6 (7.6) | − 0.27 | 2.8 (5.5) | 4.8 (5.7) | 10.2 (12.1) | − 0.58 | 4.9 (7.2) | 5.3 (6.7) | − 0.05 |
Median (IQR) | 4.0 (2.0, 6.0) | 4.0 (2.0, 4.0) | 4.0 (2.0, 6.0) | 2.0 (1.0, 4.0) | 4.0 (2.0, 5.0) | 6.0 (4.0, 12.0) | 4.0 (2.0, 5.3) | 4.0 (2.0, 6.0) | |||
Unknown | 100 | 18 | 82 | 31 | 59 | 8 | 30 | 43 | |||
Hospital stays during past 12 months, mean (SD) | 0.9 (3.5) | 0.4 (1.0) | 1.0 (3.9) | − 0.22 | 0.4 (1.1) | 0.5 (3.4) | 3.1 (4.2) | − 0.69 | 0.8 (2.3) | 0.9 (4.4) | − 0.01 |
Median (IQR) | 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 2.0 (1.0, 4.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) | |||
Unknown | 418 | 112 | 306 | 61 | 335 | 21 | 133 | 232 | |||
ER visits during past 12 months, mean (SD) | 0.2 (2.5) | 0.4 (5.0) | 0.2 (0.8) | 0.06 | 0.6 (6.6) | 0.1 (0.7) | 0.5 (0.9) | − 0.47 | 0.3 (3.7) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.09 |
Median (IQR) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | |||
Unknown | 520 | 134 | 386 | 76 | 389 | 50 | 172 | 286 |