Table 2 Direct costs of health care utilization for FY 2004/05 (in 2005 dollars)

From: Direct costs of adult traumatic spinal cord injury in ontario

Item

2004/05

N

Mean

s.d.

Acute care inpatient—index event

5 552 271

182

30 507

37 355

Direct discharge to rehabilitation after index discharge

10 108 025

104

97 192

67 363

ED visits in the following year after index discharge

31 107

72

432

363

Home care in the following year after index discharge

290 587

73

3981

4733

Physician visits in the following year after index discharge

465 929

182

2560

2225

Acute care inpatient readmission in the following year after index discharge

1 202 320

45

26 718

51 899

TOTAL

18 286 642a

182

100 476

NA

  1. Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; NA, not applicable.
  2. aTotal cost includes costs of chronic care after discharge – not reported individually due to small sample size.
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