Table 2

5-year costs of high-need high-cost patients (top 5%) by trajectory group

Persistent very-high-cost (44.0%)Persistent high-cost (31.8%)Rising cost (10.3%)Declining cost
(7.1%)
Cost spike
(6.8%)
N99 12271 09522 99815 89315 177
Total costMean
(SD)
$C124 622
($C92 700)
$C38 997
($C19 841)
$C43 140
($C17 426)
$C30 545
($C9244)
$C19 601
($C5181)
Median
(IQR)
$C85 735
($C52 305–$C148 838)
$C28 259
($C20 097–$C44 747)
$C24 973
($C16 594–$C47 846)
$C19 621
($C14 288–$C31 697)
$C13 828
($C10 976–$C20 112)
Inpatient careMean
(SD)
$C39 604
($C39 562)
$C20 954
($C15 479)
$C24 915
($C13 150)
$C16 507
($C6614)
$C12 715
($C4533)
Median
(IQR)
$C20 225
($C6363–$C48 792)
$C12 987
($C8022–$C23 703)
$C12 484
($C7584–$C25 840)
$C9721
($C6233–$C17 089)
$C8441
($C5898–$C12 887)
Physician servicesMean
(SD)
$C18 433
($C49 800)
$C11 017
($C3037)
$C9111
($C2021)
$C7630
($C1261)
$C4755
($C741)
Median
(IQR)
$C15 311
($C9845–$C22 428)
$C10 014
($C7487–$C13 292)
$C7513
($C5379–$C10 851)
$C6636
($C4886–$C9031)
$C4320
($C2970–$C5962)
Prescription drugsMean
(SD)
$C25 570
($C27 293)
$C3461
($C6650)
$C4004
($C4408)
$C3081
($C3412)
$C839
($C1640)
Median
(IQR)
$C9904
($C2091–$C31 171)
$C58
($C0–$C1487)
$C0
($C0–$C1034)
$C0
($C0–$C294)
$C0
($C0–$C0)
Emergency departmentMean
(SD)
$C4109
($C4424)
$C2140
($C1559)
$C1977
($C884)
$C1814
($C735)
$C1129
($C362)
Median
(IQR)
$C2163
($C1081–$C4686)
$C1442
($C721–$C2523)
$C1081
($C721–$C2523)
$C1081
($C360–$C2163)
$C721
($C360–$C1442)
Home and community careMean
(SD)
$C36 906
($C65 782)
$C1426
($C5636)
$C3133
($C7018)
$C1512
($C3515)
$C163
($C397)
Median
(IQR)
$C0
($C0–$C15 266)
$C0
($C0–$C0)
$C0
($C0–$C0)
$C0
($C0–$C0)
$C0
($C0–$C0)
  • IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.