Table 3 Direct costs of health care utilization for FY 2005/06 (in 2005 dollars)

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

Item

2005/06

N

Mean

s.d.

Acute care inpatient—index event

6 596 071

185

35 654

44 236

Direct discharge to rehabilitation after index discharge

13 433 825

112

119 945

74 889

ED visits in the following year after index discharge

36 720

88

417

377

Home care in the following year after index discharge

473 302

99

4781

6521

Physician visits in the following year after index discharge

590 291

184

3208

3032

Acute care inpatient readmission in the following year after index discharge

844 676

56

15 084

16 538

TOTAL

22 879 665a

185

123 674

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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