Table 1 Breakdown of costs related to acute and rehabilitative care, and costs related to falls for all patients, patients who fell, and patients who had an injurious fall
Cognitive function classification groupinga | Control | Materials only | Complete program | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Intact | Impaired | Intact | Impaired | Intact | Impaired |
N | 280 | 101 | 316 | 108 | 310 | 91 |
Number of falls | 46 | 35 | 61 | 35 | 25 | 45 |
Number of fallers | 30 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 24 |
Number of injurious falls | 15 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 22 |
Number of people who had one or more injurious fall | 13 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 16 |
Mean (SD) acute care costs post consent per patient | 8,481 (12,856) | 5,140 (8,142) | 8,927 (16,776) | 6,947 (14,079) | 10,774 (18,344) | 11,128 (28,570) |
Mean (SD) rehabilitation costs post consent per patient | 10,964 (19,972) | 26,050 (36,776) | 15,026 (24,925) | 24,892 (31,823) | 11,197 (18,906) | 21,740 (37,130) |
Mean (SD) costs of radiological investigations directly related to falls per patient | 4 (27) | 7 (59) | 2 (33) | 6 (43) | 0 (0) | 11 (54) |
Mean (SD) medical costs directly related to falls per patient | 2 (10) | 5 (17) | 2 (10) | 4 (15) | 1 (4) | 6 (20) |
Mean (SD) nursing costs directly related to falls per patient | 1 (4) | 2 (7) | 1 (5) | 8 (63) | 0 (2) | 5 (15) |
Mean (SD) all costsb directly related to falls per patient (excluding acute care and rehabilitation costs) | 8 (47) | 15 (85) | 7 (54) | 21 (96) | 1 (7) | 187 (1,602)c |
Mean (SD) acute care costs post consent among patients who were fallers post consent | 8,556 (13,585) | 4,176 (8,130) | 11,247 (17,369) | 3,000 (5,924) | 18,751 (41,564) | 5,999 (11,329) |
Mean (SD) rehabilitation costs post consent among patients who were fallers post consent | 33,317 (29,048) | 56,406 (55,296) | 45,491 (43,073) | 44,959 (45,480) | 25,489 (21,284) | 53,452 (52,861) |
Mean (SD) costs of radiological investigations directly related to falls among patients who were fallers post consent | 37 (76) | 28 (120) | 24 (102) | 29 (90) | 0 (0) | 41 (101) |
Mean (SD) medical costs directly related to falls among patients who were fallers post consent | 21 (23) | 21 (30) | 20 (25) | 20 (28) | 12 (13) | 23 (33) |
Mean (SD) nursing costs directly related to falls among patients who were fallers post consent | 7 (10) | 10 (13) | 9 (13) | 38 (132) | 4 (8) | 18 (27) |
Mean (SD) all costsb directly related to falls among patients who were fallers post consent (excluding acute care and rehabilitation costs) | 76 (126) | 64 (168) | 65 (162) | 93 (190) | 19 (22) | 710 (3,108)c |
Mean (SD) acute care costs post consent among patients who had an injurious fall post consent | 7,811 (14,313) | 4,378 (11,513) | 5,908 (10,447) | 1,848 (3,491) | 24,835 (54,923) | 8,034 (13,026) |
Mean (SD) rehabilitation costs post consent among patients who had an injurious fall post consent | 29,700 (21,118) | 52,630 (46,211) | 40,758 (30,380) | 48,853 (40,312) | 24,496 (26,482) | 51,871 (48,331) |
Mean (SD) costs of radiological investigations directly related to falls among patients who had an injurious fall post consent | 62 (102) | 73 (207) | 33 (136) | 58 (123) | 0 (0) | 62 (119) |
Mean (SD) medical costs directly related to falls among patients who had an injurious fall post consent | 28 (30) | 51 (35) | 26 (30) | 29 (32) | 13 (13) | 30 (38) |
Mean (SD) nursing costs directly related to falls among patients who had an injurious fall post consent | 14 (12) | 18 (12) | 12 (15) | 73 (184) | 7 (10) | 956 (3,722) |
Mean (SD) all costsb directly related to falls among patients who had an injurious fall post consent (excluding acute care and rehabilitation costs) | 126 (171) | 156 (275) | 94 (214) | 172 (248) | 23 (24) | 1,058 (3,797)c |