Hospital costs and inpatient days for participants during the study
| Resulting from falls | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 (n=233) | Year 2 (n=152) | Year 1 (n=233) | Year 2 (n=152) | ||||
| Hospital admissions: | |||||||
| Number (%) | 17 (7) | 4 (3) | 62 (27) | 37 (24) | |||
| Total cost ($) | 97828 | 21700 | 286211 | 150977 | |||
| Mean (SD) cost per person admitted ($) | 5755 (4445) | 5425 (4361) | 4616 (5330) | 4080 (3609) | |||
| Median cost ($) | 4633 | 4476 | 2772 | 2509 | |||
| Mean (SD) cost per person ($) | 420 (1901) | 143 (1066) | 1228 (3413) | 993 (2488) | |||
| Total hospital days | 310 | 50 | 764 | 320 | |||
| Mean (SD) days per person admitted | 18.2 (14.4) | 12.5 (10.8) | 12.3 (14.9) | 8.6 (11.0) | |||
| Median days | 15 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 4 | |||
| Mean (SD) days per person | 1.3 (6.1) | 0.3 (2.5) | 3.3 (9.4) | 2.1 (6.5) | |||
| Emergency, outpatient and community services: | |||||||
| Number (%) | 36 (15) | 10 (7) | 184 (79) | 113 (74) | |||
| Total cost ($) | 14375 | 4481 | 113868 | 81724 | |||
| Mean (SD) cost per person receiving care ($) | 399 (291) | 448 (275) | 619 (740) | 723 (1164) | |||
| Median cost ($) | 376 | 337 | 335 | 360 | |||
| Mean (SD) cost per person ($) | 62 (184) | 29 (130) | 489 (704) | 538 (1051) | |||
Average exchange rate in 1995 New Zealand $1.00 = UK £0.42, USA $0.66.