Long-term Medicare costs associated with AME
| Base GEE Population Averaged Model | Fully-Specified GEE Population Averaged Model | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient | p Value | Marginal effect (%) | Coefficient | p Value | Marginal effect (%) | |
| AME | 2.328413 | 0.000 | 926.16 | 2.134 | 0.000 | 744.92 |
| Post-AME | 1.511 | 0.000 | 353.13 | 1.275 | 0.000 | 257.99 |
| Time (month) | 0.005 | 0.000 | 0.48 | 0.007 | 0.000 | 0.70 |
| Post-AME×Time | −0.016 | 0.000 | −1.62 | −0.015 | 0.000 | −1.48 |
| Constant | 6.140442 | 0.000 | 5.048 | 0.000 | ||
| Wald χ2 (df) | 6123.54 (4) | 10 009.31 (33) | ||||
| Prob (χ2) | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||
Estimates were from population averaged models. Fully-Specified Model controlled for age, gender, marital status, race, income, education level, self-rated health, count of comorbidities, functional status, ADLs and IADLs, body weight, regional location, rural–urban location and cohort membership.
ADL, activities of daily living; AME, adverse medical event; GEE, generalised estimation equation; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living.