Table 4 Total direct costs of health care utilization for FY 2003 to 2005 (in 2005 dollars)

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

Item

Total

N

Mean

s.d.

Acute care inpatient—index event

18 021 773

559

32 239

41 606

Direct discharge to rehabilitation after index discharge

35 222 863

320

110 071

72 221

Direct discharge to complex continuing care after index discharge

2 120 358

14

151 454

99 632

ED visits in the following year after index discharge

104 590

255

410

359

Home care in the following year after index discharge

1 152 987

246

4687

7435

Physician visits in the following year after index discharge

1 538 897

557

2763

7435

Acute care inpatient readmission in the following year after index discharge

2 761 701

153

18 050

31 442

TOTAL

60 923 168

559

108 986

NA

  1. Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; NA, not applicable.